Born November 4, 1959 in Braddock, died August 9, 2009 in Westmoreland Hospital. Was in the Air Force. Was employed as a Deputy Sheriff in Westmoreland Co. Former member of Circleville and Hartford Heights Volunteer Firs Departments, Rescue 8, and Monroeville #4 Fire Dept. He graduated from IUP Police Academy, participated in Ground Zero Rescue and Recovery on 9-11..Survived by daughter, Megan, of Gloucester, Va., and granddaughter, Layla Shyanne Evjen. To be interred at Penn Lincoln Memorial Park.