| THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OF BRANDYWINE HAS HAD MEMBERS WHO HAVE GONE BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, NOT ONLY IN A FIRE AND RESCUE ROLL BUT, IN A ROLL THAT EXEMPLIFIES ALL OF THE TRAITS AND QUALITIES THAT CONTINUES TO HAVE A LASTING EFFECT ON THE DEPARTMENT AND IT'S MEMBERS. WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO REMEMBER THOSE MEMBERS WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO THE DEPARTMENT. |
| IN 2004 CECIL I PEYTON, WAS AWARDED 50 YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE TO THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OF BRANDYWINE. HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER, WAR VETERAN, LAID ONE OF THE FIRST BRICKS IN THE CURRENT STATION, SERVED FOR OVER 30 YEARS AS A STATE AND COUNTY DELEGATE, RESCUE SQUAD 40 WAS DEDICATED TO HIM, HE WAS A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF BRANDYWINE, AND CECIL REMAINED ACTIVE UNTIL PHYSICALLY UNABLE WHEN CECIL PASSED IN NOVEMBER OF 2004 HE WAS HONORED WITH FULL FIRE DEPARTMENT TRADITION, LAYING IN STATE AT THE FIRE HOUSE, AND CARRIED TO HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE AT THE CHELTENHAM VETERANS CEMETERY ON SQUAD 40. |
| ROBERT DENNY - NOVEMBER 5th 2005 PAST PRESIDENT OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OF BRANDYWINE, ROBERT "RAY" DENNY SR., PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 5th, 2005. HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND HELPED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST FIRE HOUSE. THROUGHOUT HIS TIME HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER WHO WORKED CARNIVALS, TRAVELED TO PICK UP THE ORIGINAL CHOP TOP HAHN's. HE WAS A REGULAR AT FRIDAY NIGHT BINGO, AS WELL AS MOST SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT. HIS WIFE JOYCE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE LADIES AUXILIARY FOR BRANDYWINE. IN ADDITION TO THE FIRE HOUSE BOB WAS AN OFFICER WITH THE BRANDYWINE LIONS CLUB, TREASURER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE CLINTON METHODIST CHURCH, AND PRESIDENT OF THE PTA FOR GWYNN PARK HIGH SCHOOL. |
| JAMES "ED" CARROLL, Sr. CHARTER MEMBER AND PAST CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT JOSEPH "ED" CARROLL SR., PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 8th 1983. THROUGH HIS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES AS ASSISTANT CHIEF WITH THE ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ED AS HE WAS KNOWN WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ORGANIZING ADVANCED TRAINING ENDEAVORS FOR THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OF BRANDYWINE |
| TO OUR CHARTER MEMBERS WITHOUT WHOM THIS DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT EXISTS JAMES ARMIGER / SELDON BABCOCK / PAUL F. BADEN / EDGAR C BAYNE / THOMAS E. BAYNE CLYDE S BEATON / ROBERT BERNS / WALLACE BRAGG / GEORGE W BROWN / WILLIAM H BUSH WILLIAM S BUTLER / RALPH M CALDWELL / FRANCIS CARROLL / HOMER SCOTT CLARK / ARNOLD B COFFMAN HENRY TRACY CROZIER / ROBERT R DENNY / PAUL H DIGGS / RICHARD DOBSON LAWRENCE M DULEY / J FRANCIS DYSON / R B EARLY / JOHN H EATON / BRYANT C EDERTON JR MELVIN L ELLIS / HARRY H ELY / W G FARRAN / MANUEL FOWLER / MELVIN GARNER THOMAS H GARRISON / MARVIN L GOLDSMITH / FRANK M GOOKIN / GLEN R GRIFFIN / ROBERT M GRIMES W CARLTON HICKS / DURWOOD HIGHFIELD / MILTON L HOLT / W C HUDELSON / WALTER KING FREDERICK M KISSINGER / BERNARD H KRAMER / OLIVER LAM / PHILLIP M LANGE / WILLIAM C LEDERER OWEN R LOVEDAY / FRANK L McALWEE / GEORGE McDONALD / JAMES McDONOUGH JOSEPH McDONOUGH / DANNY McDOWELL / WILLIAM F McPHERSON / H A MEINHARDT / E D MIDDLETON ALBERT C MIGEOT / GEORGE MILLER / RENIT B MILLER / ERNEST I MUDD JR / G ROGERS NAYLOR / WILLIAM M NOYES / WILLIAM PATTERNO / CECIL I PEYTON / FRANCIS M POTTS / LOUIS D RECEVEUR ROBERT LEE ROBERTSON / EUGENE B ROSS / DONALD N SCHILLINGER / ERNEST A SCHLAFI / MARK D SCHWEIN / VAN A SHORT / GERALD M SILLINGS / WILLIAM J TIERNEY 3rd / WILFRED TIPPET / WILFRED TIPPET JR / FREDERICK L TOWNSHEND / SAMUEL G TOWNSHEND / WOODROW W TOWNSHEND JR ARNOLD J TREAKLE / JULIUS WALDER / JAMES E WALLS / ELLIS LEROY WILCHER / C G WILLIAMS THEODORE R WILLOUGHBY |
| VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OF BRANDYWINE HONOR ROLL |
| JOHN KOTERBA ALTHOUGH JOHN WAS A CAREER FIREFIGHTER WITH THE PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, HE WAS AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OF BRANDYWINE. JOHN WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND IN HELPING THE VOLUNTEERS, AND THE DEPARTMENT. JOHN PASSED AWAY AND HE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL. HE ALSO CREATED A HUNTING AND FISHING WEBSITE, WAS SUPPORTIVE OF CHILDREN IN IRAQ, AND WAS AN AVID SPORTSMAN. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE DONNA AND DAUGHTER JENNIFER. |
| ON THURSDAY AUGUST 20TH, 2009 MEMBERS OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OF BRANDYWINE ARRIVED AT THE HOME OF ADMINISTRATIVE MEMBER GARY B. GRIGGS TO FIND HE HAD PASSED AWAY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE SERVICE FOR GARY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OF BRANDYWINE. HE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL. GARY WAS A PAST GOVERNOR OF THE MARLBORO MOOSE LODGE AND HAD SERVED FOR TWO YEARS WITH THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OF BRANDYWINE. THE FAMILY ASKED THAT MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS BE MADE TO THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OF BRANDYWINE PO BOX 238, BRANDYWINE MD 20613. |
| ON NOVEMBER 13, 2009 AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER LIFE MEMBER FRED PERRY PASSED IN HIS SLEEP WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL AT HIS SIDE. IN ADDITION TO BEING A LIFE MEMBER AT THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OF BRANDYWINE, FRED WAS A FIREFIGHTER TECHNICIAN WITH THE WASHINGTON DC FIRE DEPARTMENT 13 TRUCK AND MEMBER OF THE DUNKIRK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| ON DECEMBER 25TH, 2009 MEMBERS OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OF BRANDYWINE WERE INFORMED OF THE PASSING OF WOODROW "WOODY" TOWNSHEND SR. WOODY WAS THE LAST FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OF BRANDYWINE AND LIFE MEMBER HE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL. THE FAMILY ASKED THAT MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS BE MADE TO THE Shriners’ Hospital for Children and sent to: Boumi Temple P.O.Box 9695 Baltimore, MD 21237 |