Morris County Sheriff's Office Salutes All Police Officers and Those Who Have Died, During National Police Week

Published on May 16, 2019

During National Police Week, the Morris County Sheriff's Office salutes and cherishes the memories of 30 law enforcement officers from Morris County or serving Morris County when they died in the line of duty in the last century.

The names of the 30 officers are among those of 43 police officers, firefighters and rescue specialists who lost their lives, while on-duty, since 1918. Their names are memorialized on the 200 Club of Morris County monument located at the Morris County Public Safety Training Academy.

Those who served are not forgotten:

Patrick Guiton, died 1918, Boonton Police Department;

Fred W. Plumstead, died 1929; Roxbury Police Department;

Joseph Vorholz, died 1929; Morristown Police Department;

Thomas E. DeShazo, died 1930, Dover Police Department;

Peter W. Ignatz, died 1931, New Jersey State Police;

Carl A. Schlotz, died 1936, Morristown Police Department;

Matthew M. McManus, died 1938, New Jersey State Police;

Stanley A. Conn Jr., died 1951, New Jersey State Police;

Ronald E. Gray, died 1958, New Jersey State Police;

John A. Dolan, died 1966, Passaic Township Police Department;

Carl W. Schaufelberger, died 1967, Morris County Prosecutor's Office;

Gordon N. Smith, died 1975, Boonton Police Department;

Frank A. Dailey, Jr., died 1975, Florham Park Police Department;

Robert Hauptman, died 1975, Florham Park Police Department;

Wilson McLaurin, died 1975, New Jersey Department of Human Services;

Raymond Gelormini, died 1977, Chatham Township Police Department;

John Miller, died 1979, East Hanover Police Department;

Philip J. Lamonaco, died 1981, New Jersey State Police;

Lester A. Pagano, died 1983, New Jersey State Police;

Everett E. Hatcher, died 1989, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration;

John Deventer, died 1995, Hanover Police Department;

Scott M. Gonzales, died 1997, New Jersey State Police;

Richard Weinheimer, died 1998, Pequannock Police Department;

Enrico Venditte, died 2001, Paterson Police Department;

Liam Callahan, died 2001, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department;

Gregg J. Froehner, died 2001, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department;

Anthony P. Infante, Jr., died 2001, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department;

Arthur J. Ohlsen, III, died 2003, Dover Police Department;

Eugene M. Erdmann, died 2005, Kinnelon Police Department;

Joseph Wargo, died 2011, Mt. Arlington Police Department