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Remembering Deceased Officers
This page is dedicated to the memory of those men and women who proudly served as members of the Westfield Police Department.
Their service to this community shall never be forgotten.
Lieutenant Thomas A. Catalon, Jr.*
Dates of Service: 01/01/1949 – 09/24/1980
Date of Death: 09/24/1980
Officer Richard W. Young*
Dates of Service: 06/21/1965 – 05/18/1983
Date of Death: 05/18/1983
Officer Ronald J. Brostek
Dates of Service: 05/17/1970 – 09/30/1979
Date of Death: 04/30/1985
Officer William E. Greer
Dates of Service: 03/01/1953 – 03/31/1977
Date of Death: 03/19/1986
Officer Donald C. Irwin
Dates of Service: 02/15/1970 – 12/31/1987
Date of Death: 05/05/1988
Lieutenant Martin L. Howarth
Dates of Service: 11/16/1944 – 10/31/1969
Date of Death: 09/07/1989
Captain Earl L. Stutzman, Jr.*
Dates of Service: 06/22/1969 – 08/24/1992
Date of Death: 08/24/1992
Sergeant James D. Kansky
Dates of Service: 07/01/1960 – 04/30/1986
Date of Death: 01/10/1994
Officer Donald F. Lamendola
Dates of Service: 01/01/1965 – 04/30/1991
Date of Death: 02/08/1994
Officer William “Billy” H. Lasseter
Dates of Service: 06/02/1974 – 04/30/1982
Date of Death: 09/18/1994
Lieutenant Donald Goettel
Dates of Service: 04/01/1946 – 03/31/1974
Date of Death: 02/08/1995
Detective Sergeant Wesley Moore, Sr.
Dates of Service: 04/16/1955 – 09/30/1985
Date of Death: 03/18/1995
Lieutenant James P. Geraghty
Dates of Service: 09/20/1960 – 09/30/1989
Date of Death: 10/24/1995
Chief James F. Moran
Dates of Service: 08/16/1951 – 06/30/1986
Date of Death: 08/02/1996
Detective Sergeant Nicholas R. Bettelli
Dates of Service: 11/01/1951 – 03/31/1978
Date of Death: 02/18/1997
Sergeant Norbert Koza, Sr.
Dates of Service: 11/01/1958 – 01/31/1974
Date of Death: 10/08/1999
Sergeant Earl S. Lambert, Sr.
Dates of Service: 09/01/1961 – 3/31/1986
Date of Death: 01/13/2005
Lieutenant Bernard J. Mormelo
Dates of Service: 07/16/1951 – 03/31/1977
Date of Death: 04/07/2005
Sergeant Gary DeChellis
Dates of Service: 07/09/1967 – 07/31/1992
Date of Death: 12/24/2005
Officer Warren "Butch" L. Whitcombe, Jr.
Dates of Service: 05/01/1955 – 08/31/1981
Date of Death: 11/17/2007
Officer Craig J. Allen, Sr.
Dates of Service: 04/10/1966 – 04/30/1991
Date of Death: 01/04/2008
Officer John B. Smith
Dates of Service: 1/1/1949 – 2/24/1951
Date of Death: 2/21/2008
Lieutenant Richard M. Shovlin
Dates of Service: 05/01/1959 – 11/15/1985
Date of Death: 05/07/2008
Lieutenant Floyd Hewitt
Dates of Service: 04/01/1950 – 03/30/1976
Date of Death: 01/08/2009
Officer Donald L. “Click” Crosby
Dates of Service: 12/01/1956 – 04/30/1970
Date of Death: 08/26/2010
Chief Anthony J. Scutti
Dates of Service: 05/01/1959 – 01/31/2001
Date of Death: 02/01/2011
Officer John E. Garcia
Dates of Service: 6/02/1974 – 10/31/1978
Date of Death: 05/20/2012
Detective Lieutenant Francis A. Brunelle, Jr.
Dates of Service: 09/03/1972 – 12/31/2007
Date of Death: 10/08/2012
Officer Frank J. Crepeau
Dates of Service: 08/11/1952 – 12/31/1966
Date of Death: 11/25/2013
Deputy Chief Robert J. Bell, Sr.
Dates of Service: 12/01/1959 – 06/30/1987
Date of Death: 02/25/2014
Officer Charles A. Haller
Dates of Service: 06/28/1965 – 09/30/1997
Date of Death: 05/24/2014
Officer Floyd W. Beane
Dates of Service: 07/16/1951 – 04/30/1988
Date of Death: 10/01/2014
Sergeant William H. Roeben
Dates of Service: 06/01/1953 – 07/31/1979
Date of Death: 10/04/2014
Detective Sergeant William C. Muth
Dates of Service: 08/16/1952 – 07/31/1981
Date of Death: 10/06/2014
Officer Vincent W. Hatala
Dates of Service: 02/12/1984 – 07/31/2009
Date of Death: 07/12/2015
Detective Edward T. Belford
Dates of Service: 08/20/1978 – 04/30/2005
Date of Death: 12/16/2015
Officer John “Jack” Burnham
Dates of Service: 05/01/1956 – 04/30/1981
Date of Death: 02/20/2017
Sergeant Donald A. Hann
Dates of Service: 11/01/1951 – 10/31/1976
Date of Death: 11/08/2017
Detective Eric Lieberman*
Dates of Service: 01/29/1992 – 05/22/2018
Date of Death: 05/22/2018
Captain Alfred R. Vardalis
Dates of Service: 01/01/1949 – 08/31/1984
Date of Death: 07/11/2018
Detective Sergeant George A. Zhelesnik
Dates of Service: 11/01/1957 – 12/31/1982
Date of Death: 01/28/2020
Officer William H. Sampson
Dates of Service: 09/11/1966 – 09/30/1996
Date of Death: 12/02/2020
Officer Douglas A. Redden
Dates of Service: 09/08/1968 – 12/31/1993
Date of Death: 04/11/2021
Officer Donald D. Rappoccio
Dates of Service: 04/14/1968 – 04/30/1982
Date of Death: 03/01/2022
Lieutenant Philip D. Lieberman
Dates of Service: 09/11/1966 – 05/31/1998
Date of Death: 08/25/2022
Deputy Chief Owen M. “Mike” McCabe
Dates of Service: 05/30/1971 – 05/31/1997
Date of Death: 02/05/2023
* Denotes (off-duty) death while an active member of the department.
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