Eggnoggers Memorial

CHIEF THOMAS C. BETTES

TERRACE HOSE & CHEMICAL CO. 3

19 FEB 1952 – 22 SEPT 2003

FIREFIGHTER ROBERT W. BEDELL, JR.

SOUTHSIDE HOSE CO. 2

ENTERED ETERNAL REST 18 NOV 2003

LINE OF DUTY DEATHS

THESE OCEANSIDE FIREMEN HAVE MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE AND GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO SAVE THE LIFE OF ANOTHER

THOMAS STABB- 7 DEC 1958

VINCENT ‘BINK’ HERBERT- 29 APRIL 1962

ANTHONY ZITO- 24 NOV 1967

WILLIAM KOERNER- 31 MARCH 1977

STEPHEN WADE- 13 JUNE 1986

* DOMINIC ‘BUBBA’ LAGUDI- 14 APRIL 1989

JOSEPH JARVIS, SR- 19 MAY 1994

*Chief

ALL WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OF

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

FIREFIGHTERS EVERYWHERE WHO GIVE THEIR LIVES TO SAVE ANOTHER

“THE GREATEST LOVE A MAN CAN HAVE IS TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR A FRIEND.”

[JOHN 15:13]

THE FIREMAN’S HYMN

IN FOND REMEMBRANCE, GATHERED HERE TODAY

TRIBUTE TO PAY TO COMRADES PASSED AWAY:

GARLANDS OF FLOWERS PLACES ABOUT OUR DEAD,

SPRING’S BRIGHTEST BLOSSOMS DECK THEIR QUIET BED.

WHEN DUTY CALLED, OUR COMRADES, THEY WOULD GO,

NEVER DAUNTED, MET THE FIERY FOE.

MAY GUARDIAN ANGELS O’ER THEM VIGIL KEEP

WHILE THEY LIE RESTING IN ETERNAL PEACE.

FATHER IN MERCY, GUIDE US ON OUR WAY

THROUGH STORM AND SUNCHINE TO ETERNAL DAY,

AND WHEN OUR DUTY HERE ON EARTH SHALL CEASE,

MAY WE WITH THEM IN ABIDE, IN JOY AND PEACE.

ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO THEM, OH LORD

AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE.

MAY THEIR SOULS

AND THE SOULS OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED

THROUGH THE MERCY OF GOD

REST IN PEACE.

AMEN.