Meriden in New Haven County, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)

Connecticut Police Memorial

Photographed By Michael Herrick, January 14, 2010

1. Connecticut Police Memorial

Inscription.

Connecticut Police Memorial. . [ inscribed on the obelisk in the center of the pavilion ] Dedicated To Those Who Have Made The Supreme Sacrifice . Off. Milton Hodder Hamden 04/22/1943 Tpr./Trn. Stanley C. Heilberg C.S.P. 06/01/1929 Lt. Paul J. Beaupre Bloomfield 12/19/1967 Off. Matthew J. McNally Waterbury 11/20/1930 Off. Ellsworth G. Dietz Bridgeport 03/08/1910 Off. Joseph O’Brien Windsor Locks 12/24/1968 Off. Gerald Di Joseph Bridgeport 11/28/1980 Constbl. John B. Decarli Ellington 08/31/1935 Off. Jack Palmer Ridgefield 07/31/1932 Off. Louis P. Rienzo New Haven 10/13/1967 Off. Andrew L. Schleghtweig Stamford 05/26/1938 Off. Kenneth T. Bateman Darien 05/31/1981 Off. Patrick McGovern New Haven 07/02/1901 S.A. Richard P. Horan F.B.I. 04/18/1957 Off. Daniel S. Wasson Milford 04/12/1987 Sgt. Nicholas W. Fera Norwalk 07/09/1971 Off. William Rich Shelton 12/27/1964 Constbl. Robert Kappenburg East Hartford 1916 Off. John Daley Hartford 07/29/1977 Tpr. Pearle E. Roberts C.S.P. 11/25/1922 Off. James W. Burns Bristol 05/29/1941 Off. George D. Kelley Stamford 07/08/1938 Off. Robert F. Stankye Orange 09/03/1981 Det. Bennett W. Dorman New Haven 11/01/1915 Off. Frank Gwiazdowski Norwich 10/11/1936 Off. Patrick B. Driscoll Jewett City 02/16/1913 Off. William J. Stokes Waterbury 05/02/1925 Off. Harvey R. Young Hartford 08/27/1967 Tpr. Leonard H. Watson C.S.P. 10/22/1932 Off. Raymond Zoller West Haven 12/28/1929 Off. John E. Palmatier Waterbury 07/20/1941 Constbl. Edward F. Ryan Waterbury 01/27/1933 Off. Robert J. Keating Danbury 10/16/1955 Lt. William S. Gordon Norwich 07/07/1881 Off. Patrick J. Shea New Haven 10/19/1919 Chief Louis Drucker New Canaan 01/25/1888 Tpr. Lloyd J. Eukers C.S.P. 07/21/1928 Sgt. Thomas P. Kearney Bridgeport 09/29/1935 Off. John E. Durkin New Haven 11/02/1918 Off. Wilfred Walker Bridgeport 09/29/1935 Tpr. James W. Lambert C.S.P. 10/29/1960 Off. Sherrold H. Gorton Norwalk 6/20/1962 Off. William J. Robbins Greenwich 05/17/1929 Off. Daniel J. Lane Waterbury 08/07/1913 Off. Walter Koella New Haven 03/06/1935 Lt. Frank A. Starkel C.S.P. 07/19/1948 Off. William E. Bowman Darien 11/18/1927 Off. Hugh McKeon New Haven 07/31/1901 Lt. Thomas F. Carney C.S.P. 12/06/1982 Off. James Skelly New Britain 10/12/1924 Off. Timothy Laffin, Sr. North Haven 05/29/1980 Off. James Cavanaugh Fairfirld 04/11/1966 Off. Timothy Foley Southington 01/04/1938 Off. Nancy Nichols Naugatuck 03/17/1991 Off. Anthony F. Barbieri Torrington 02/20/1950 Off. Henry W. Jennings Hartford 05/25/1964 Insp. John J. Donahue Waterbury 08/02/1920 Off. George Zint Stratford 07/12/1932 Off. Thomas M. Knevet Hartford 11/28/1919 Off. Joseph Pych Enfield 12/25/1954 Sgt. Michael J. Carroll Norwich 12/11/1934 Off. Frank T. Hawley New haven 01/31/1970 Off. Farris J. Resha Winsted 11/02/1966 Off. Nelson J. Belliveau Bloomfield 09/03/1987 Off. David D. Troy Stamford 07/07/1960 Det. Edward T. Cody Hartford 04/16/1979 Insp. James A. Buczel U.S. Customs 10/09/1988 Sgt. Charles F. Hill C.S.P. 11/06/1941 Off. Leonard J. LaManna Waterbury 11/18/1961 Sgt. John H. Kane Norwich 04/06/1923 Det. Joseph P. Sullivan New Haven 10/23/1932 Off. Marco T. Carias Norwalk 03/20/1982 Tpr. Joseph M. Stoba, Jr. C.S.P. 08/06/1962 Off. Ernest W. Schilke Bristol 05/17/1944 Off. H. Kenneth Couch New Milford 06/10/1964 Off. Thomas Cummins New Haven 11/26/1885 Tpr. Bartholomew M. Skelly C.S.P. 11/14/1925 Off. Robert M. Holcomb Plainville 11/21/1977 Off. William V. Tickey Bridgeport 05/20/1946 Off. Patrick F. Cannon New Haven 03/05/1919 Lt. Kenneth W. Stevens C.S.P. 06/06/1944 Constbl. Thomas D. Jahelka East Haddam 04/17/1981 Trp. Russell Bagshaw C.S.P. 06/05/1991 Off. James A. Martin New Canaan 07/24/1991 Off. William F. Schreiber Stratford 07/31/1946 Off. Francis X. Fenton Hartford 03/28/1969 Off. John Montabana Trumbull 11/02/1974 Off. Paul Mendelssohn Waterbury 03/10/1903 Off. Daniel T. O’Connell New Haven 08/15/1938 Tpr. James H. Savage C.S.P. 01/27/1986 Off. William McNamara Stamford 12/17/1973 Off. Joseph T. Robbins New Haven 06/26/1926 Tpr. Carl P. Moller C.S.P. 02/13/1976 S.A. Ariel Rios A.T.F. 12/02/1982 Tpr. Irving H. Nelson C.S.P. 04/06/1928 Off. Lawrence Murphy New Haven 10/23/1924 Off. Joseph P. McCormack Greenwich 02/09/1944 Off. Jeffrey Casner Berlin 02/02/1985 S.A. J. Clifford Dietrich U.S.S.S. 05/26/1973 Tpr. Ernest J. Morse C.S.P. 02/13/1953 Off. Charles Yodkins, Sr. Farmington 08/19/1955 Sgt. Wol Grabeck New Britain 11/05/1951 Off. Frank Donarumo Hamden 07/27/1964 Off. Edward H. Wendland New haven 05/21/1938 Det. James J. Butler Greenwich 04/18/1954 Tpr. Edward P. Jesmonth C.S.P. 07/20/1943 Det. Ralph Palma New Haven 06/13/1954 Off. James McNamee Bristol 01/16/1930 Chief Daniel J. Hayes Ansonia 12/27/1880 Off. James Alexander New Haven 10/14/1927 Sgt. Frederick Stratton Norwalk 10/14/1930 Tpr. Jorge A. Agosto C.S.P. 11/22/1989 Constable William Madden Manchester 01/30/1919 [ inscribed on the columns of the pavillion ] Off. Vincent R.T. Arduini Granby 5/4/1997 Off. Bruce Hanley Waterbury 12/13/1997 Aux. Trp. Phillip A. Mingione C.S.P. 5/25/1994 C.E.O. James V. Spignesi, Jr. D.E.P. 11/20/1998 Aux. Trp. Edward W. Truelove C.S.P. 11/13/1992 Off. Brian A. Aselton East Hartford 1/23/1999 Off. Walter Williams III Waterbury 12/18/1992 Sgt. George Ross Dingwall Middletown 1/28/2000 Off. William J. Snyder Groton City 1/16/1994 Off. Joseph N. Sachatello III Montville 1/23/2003 Off. Thomas Toohey Hartford 5/15/1996 Off. Florence B. Sullivan Danbury 9/8/1896

[ inscribed on the obelisk in the center of the pavilion ]
Dedicated To Those
Who Have Made
The Supreme
Sacrifice Off. Milton Hodder Hamden 04/22/1943
Tpr./Trn. Stanley C. Heilberg C.S.P. 06/01/1929
Lt. Paul J. Beaupre Bloomfield 12/19/1967
Off. Matthew J. McNally Waterbury 11/20/1930
Off. Ellsworth G. Dietz Bridgeport 03/08/1910
Off. Joseph O’Brien Windsor Locks 12/24/1968
Off. Gerald Di Joseph Bridgeport 11/28/1980
Constbl. John B. Decarli Ellington 08/31/1935
Off. Jack Palmer Ridgefield 07/31/1932
Off. Louis P. Rienzo New Haven 10/13/1967
Off. Andrew L. Schleghtweig Stamford 05/26/1938
Off. Kenneth T. Bateman Darien 05/31/1981
Off. Patrick McGovern New Haven 07/02/1901
S.A. Richard P. Horan F.B.I. 04/18/1957
Off. Daniel S. Wasson Milford 04/12/1987
Sgt. Nicholas W. Fera Norwalk 07/09/1971
Off. William Rich Shelton 12/27/1964
Constbl. Robert Kappenburg East Hartford 1916
Off. John Daley Hartford 07/29/1977
Tpr. Pearle E. Roberts C.S.P. 11/25/1922
Off. James W. Burns Bristol 05/29/1941
Off. George D. Kelley Stamford 07/08/1938
Off. Robert F. Stankye Orange 09/03/1981
Det. Bennett

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W. Dorman New Haven 11/01/1915
Off. Frank Gwiazdowski Norwich 10/11/1936
Off. Patrick B. Driscoll Jewett City 02/16/1913
Off. William J. Stokes Waterbury 05/02/1925
Off. Harvey R. Young Hartford 08/27/1967
Tpr. Leonard H. Watson C.S.P. 10/22/1932
Off. Raymond Zoller West Haven 12/28/1929
Off. John E. Palmatier Waterbury 07/20/1941
Constbl. Edward F. Ryan Waterbury 01/27/1933
Off. Robert J. Keating Danbury 10/16/1955
Lt. William S. Gordon Norwich 07/07/1881
Off. Patrick J. Shea New Haven 10/19/1919
Chief Louis Drucker New Canaan 01/25/1888
Tpr. Lloyd J. Eukers C.S.P. 07/21/1928
Sgt. Thomas P. Kearney Bridgeport 09/29/1935
Off. John E. Durkin New Haven 11/02/1918
Off. Wilfred Walker Bridgeport 09/29/1935
Tpr. James W. Lambert C.S.P. 10/29/1960
Off. Sherrold H. Gorton Norwalk 6/20/1962
Off. William J. Robbins Greenwich 05/17/1929
Off. Daniel J. Lane Waterbury 08/07/1913
Off. Walter Koella New Haven 03/06/1935
Lt. Frank A. Starkel C.S.P. 07/19/1948
Off. William E. Bowman Darien 11/18/1927
Off. Hugh McKeon New Haven 07/31/1901
Lt. Thomas F. Carney C.S.P. 12/06/1982
Off. James Skelly New Britain 10/12/1924
Off. Timothy Laffin, Sr. North Haven

Photographed By Michael Herrick, January 14, 2010

2. Connecticut Police Memorial

The obelisk in the center of the pavillion

05/29/1980
Off. James Cavanaugh Fairfirld 04/11/1966
Off. Timothy Foley Southington 01/04/1938
Off. Nancy Nichols Naugatuck 03/17/1991
Off. Anthony F. Barbieri Torrington 02/20/1950
Off. Henry W. Jennings Hartford 05/25/1964
Insp. John J. Donahue Waterbury 08/02/1920
Off. George Zint Stratford 07/12/1932
Off. Thomas M. Knevet Hartford 11/28/1919
Off. Joseph Pych Enfield 12/25/1954
Sgt. Michael J. Carroll Norwich 12/11/1934
Off. Frank T. Hawley New haven 01/31/1970
Off. Farris J. Resha Winsted 11/02/1966
Off. Nelson J. Belliveau Bloomfield 09/03/1987
Off. David D. Troy Stamford 07/07/1960
Det. Edward T. Cody Hartford 04/16/1979
Insp. James A. Buczel U.S. Customs 10/09/1988
Sgt. Charles F. Hill C.S.P. 11/06/1941
Off. Leonard J. LaManna Waterbury 11/18/1961
Sgt. John H. Kane Norwich 04/06/1923
Det. Joseph P. Sullivan New Haven 10/23/1932
Off. Marco T. Carias Norwalk 03/20/1982
Tpr. Joseph M. Stoba, Jr. C.S.P. 08/06/1962
Off. Ernest W. Schilke Bristol 05/17/1944
Off. H. Kenneth Couch New Milford 06/10/1964
Off. Thomas Cummins New Haven 11/26/1885
Tpr. Bartholomew M. Skelly C.S.P. 11/14/1925
Off. Robert M. Holcomb Plainville 11/21/1977
Off.

Photographed By Michael Herrick, January 14, 2010

3. Connecticut Police Memorial

Never Forget

William V. Tickey Bridgeport 05/20/1946
Off. Patrick F. Cannon New Haven 03/05/1919
Lt. Kenneth W. Stevens C.S.P. 06/06/1944
Constbl. Thomas D. Jahelka East Haddam 04/17/1981
Trp. Russell Bagshaw C.S.P. 06/05/1991
Off. James A. Martin New Canaan 07/24/1991
Off. William F. Schreiber Stratford 07/31/1946
Off. Francis X. Fenton Hartford 03/28/1969
Off. John Montabana Trumbull 11/02/1974
Off. Paul Mendelssohn Waterbury 03/10/1903
Off. Daniel T. O’Connell New Haven 08/15/1938
Tpr. James H. Savage C.S.P. 01/27/1986
Off. William McNamara Stamford 12/17/1973
Off. Joseph T. Robbins New Haven 06/26/1926
Tpr. Carl P. Moller C.S.P. 02/13/1976
S.A. Ariel Rios A.T.F. 12/02/1982
Tpr. Irving H. Nelson C.S.P. 04/06/1928
Off. Lawrence Murphy New Haven 10/23/1924
Off. Joseph P. McCormack Greenwich 02/09/1944
Off. Jeffrey Casner Berlin 02/02/1985
S.A. J. Clifford Dietrich U.S.S.S. 05/26/1973
Tpr. Ernest J. Morse C.S.P. 02/13/1953
Off. Charles Yodkins, Sr. Farmington 08/19/1955
Sgt. Wol Grabeck New Britain 11/05/1951
Off. Frank Donarumo Hamden 07/27/1964
Off. Edward H. Wendland New haven 05/21/1938
Det. James J. Butler Greenwich 04/18/1954
Tpr. Edward P. Jesmonth

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C.S.P. 07/20/1943
Det. Ralph Palma New Haven 06/13/1954
Off. James McNamee Bristol 01/16/1930
Chief Daniel J. Hayes Ansonia 12/27/1880
Off. James Alexander New Haven 10/14/1927
Sgt. Frederick Stratton Norwalk 10/14/1930
Tpr. Jorge A. Agosto C.S.P. 11/22/1989
Constable William Madden Manchester 01/30/1919

[ inscribed on the columns of the pavillion ]
Off. Vincent R.T. Arduini Granby 5/4/1997
Off. Bruce Hanley Waterbury 12/13/1997
Aux. Trp. Phillip A. Mingione C.S.P. 5/25/1994
C.E.O. James V. Spignesi, Jr. D.E.P. 11/20/1998
Aux. Trp. Edward W. Truelove C.S.P. 11/13/1992
Off. Brian A. Aselton East Hartford 1/23/1999
Off. Walter Williams III Waterbury 12/18/1992
Sgt. George Ross Dingwall Middletown 1/28/2000
Off. William J. Snyder Groton City 1/16/1994
Off. Joseph N. Sachatello III Montville 1/23/2003
Off. Thomas Toohey Hartford 5/15/1996
Off. Florence B. Sullivan Danbury 9/8/1896

Erected 1989.

Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: Heroes. A significant historical year for this entry is 1916.

Location. 41° 31.958′ N, 72° 45.078′ W. Marker is in Meriden, Connecticut, in New Haven County. Marker can be reached from Preston Avenue, 0.1 miles north of Clearfield Drive, on the right when traveling north. Located on the grounds of the Connecticut Police Academy. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 285 Preston Avenue, Meriden CT 06450, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Meriden World War I Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away); City of Meriden's World War I Roll of Honor (approx. 2.1 miles away); World War II Roll of Honor (approx. 2.2 miles away); Center Congregational Church (approx. 2.2 miles away); Gold Star Association Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away); First Baptist Church (approx. 2.2 miles away); 201st Anniversary of the Marine Corps (approx. 2.2 miles away); Meriden Spanish American War Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Meriden.

Also see . . . Connecticut Law Enforcement Memorial Website. (Submitted on January 16, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

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