POLICE MEMORIAL WEEK May 13-19

HONORING OFFICERS

Police Memorial Week

Honored at a memorial service Friday at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church were these police officers who dedicated their lives to law enforcement:

William Freed, May 17, 1891, Youngstown Police Department.

Alfred Evans, Nov. 5, 1911, YPD.

Samuel Banks, Oct. 4, 1919, YPD.

John Costantino, May 11, 1920, Campbell Police Department.

Alexander Warren, May 3, 1921, YPD.

Walter Flickinger, June 7, 1923, Lowellville Police Department.

Joe Ruby, Nov. 11, 1923, Campbell Police Department.

George Leonard, March 29, 1924, YPD.

Ben Yeaden, Feb. 27, 1925, YPD.

Henry Clemens, Dec. 4, 1927, YPD.

John Harkins, Jan. 1, 1952, Struthers Police Department.

Raymond Darwich, Jan. 16, 1952, Struthers Police Department.

Frank Cichon, Dec. 21, 1963, YPD.

Albert Masi, Feb. 12, 1973, Campbell Police Department.

William “Bud” Comm, Aug. 12, 1975, Youngstown State University Police Department.

John “Sonny” Litch, Oct. 22, 1981, Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department.

Richard Becker, Nov. 6, 1983, Poland Township Police Department.

Ralph DeSalle, June 13, 1984, YPD.

Paul Durkin, Sept. 21, 1987, YPD.

Millard Williams, April 14, 1992, YPD.

Steve Malkovits, May 21, 1993, YPD.

Carmen “Skip” Renda, March 16, 1996, YPD/YSU.

William Rickets, April 2, 1997, New Middletown Police Department.

Michael T. Hartzell, April 29, 2003, YPD.

Source: Police memorial committee