Fallen Firefighters & EMS Responders Remembered At Ceremony

October 14, 2022

Bucks County’s fallen firefighters and EMS responders were honored at a ceremony on Sunday morning.

The remembrance took place at the Bucks County Fallen Firefighters’ Memorial outside of the Bucks County Administration Building in Doylestown Borough.

Firefighters and medics from around Bucks County, including the Levittown area, were on hand to remember the 30 firefighters and EMS providers who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

Bucks County Commissioners Chairperson Bob Harvie spoke at the ceremony and honored those who gave their life to protect Bucks Countians.

Here is the list of firefighters and EMS responders honored at the memorial in Doylestown Borough: William Bell, Fire Police Captain, Warrington Fire Company; Rudolph W. Bisler, Firefighter, Feasterville Fire Company; Julian R. Bley, Sr. Assistant Chief, Bristol Fire Company; John S. Buranich III, Firefighter, Edgely Fire Company; Henry Costello, Fire Police Captain, Line Lexington Fire Company; Jacob C. Crouthamel, Firefighter, Perkasie Fire Company; John C. Doster, Fire Police Captain, Edgely Fire Company; Wesley Evans, Firefighter, Bristol Consolidated Fire Company; Dale Curtis Francis, Paramedic, Lifestar Ambulance Corps.; Louis Funk, Firefighter, Cornwells Fire Company; Thomas J. Gibson, Captain, Union Fire Company; Tom Graver, Fire Police Captain, Feasterville Fire Company; Geary Von Hoffman, Firefighter, Falls Township Fire Company; James F. Hurley, Firefighter, Yardley-Makefield Fire Company; Stanley R. Konefal, Fire Chief, Cornwells Fire Company; Milton E. Majors, Captain, Union Fire Company; Nelson “Snooky” Margerum, Fire Chief, Yardley-Makefield Fire Company; Frederick W. Mayberry, Firefighter, Silverdale Fire Company; Daniel McIntosh, Paramedic, Bensalem EMS; Walter D. Miller, Firefighter, Croydon Fire Company; Walter L. Moore, Foreman, Bristol Fire Company; Louis. D Patti, Fire Police Officer, Warwick Township Fire Company; Robert Roberts, Firefighter, Hartsville Fire Company; David S. Rubright, Assistant Chief, Levittown Fire Company; Willis Sames, Firefighter, Perkasie Fire Company; Walter F. Vaughan, Fire Police Officer, Warminster Fire Company; Carl A. Weiss, Emergency Medical Technician, Lifestar Ambulance Corps.; David A. Wintz, Fire Police Captain, Bristol Fire Company; Watson Eyre Wright Jr., Firefighter, Warwick Fire Company; and Paul Wurst, Fire Police Officer, Union Fire Company.