West Babylon Fire Department Benevolent Association
Past Santpogue Company #3 Captain and Benevolent Member
Vincent Bethell
Passed away on March 8, 2026
Ex-Chief and Active Company #8 Member
Arthur “Artie” McNally
Passed away on March 5, 2026
Active Company #4 Member and Ex-Captain of
Rendezvous Truck Company #4
Garry Mowbray Sr.
Passed away on February 13, 2026
Past Company #4 Member and Past Rescue Leader
Anthony (Tony) Esposito
Passed away on September 24, 2025
Past Company #2 Member, Ex-Chief and Ex-Commissioner and In-Active Life Benevolent Member
Richard Kroebel
Passed away on July 31, 2025
Active Member of Rescue, and Ex-Captain and Active Benevolent Member
David Burke
Passed away on July 31, 2025
Past Company #1 Member and In-Active Life Benevolent Member
Dennis McMahon
Passed away on July 15, 2025
Past Company #3 Member and In-Active life Benevolent Member
Ahmed Hakki
Passed away on April 11, 2025
Past Company #2 and In-Active Life Member
Louis Perillo
Passed Away September 26, 3024
Past Company #2 and In-Active Life Member
Reuben Jump
Passed Away April 19, 2024
Active Life Company 4 Member
James P. Jennings
Passed away on July 28, 2024
Past Company #2 and In-Active Life Member
Humbert Carreras
Passed away on April 19, 2024
In-Active Life Member
Salvatore Locrotondo
Passed away on December 31, 2023
Past Company #3 Member and In-Active Life Member
Patrick Barbato
Passed away on March 7, 2023
Active Company #2 Member and Ex-Captain
Phil Canfora Jr.
Passed away on October 15, 2022
Past Company #1 Member and In-Active Life Benevolent Member
Timothy J. Traynor
Passed away on July 16, 2022
Past Rescue Member and Inactive Life Benevolent Member
Clayton Skinner
Pasted away on May 24, 2022
Past Company #2 Member and Inactive Life Benevolent Member
Lowell Berkowitz
Passed away on March 23, 2022
Past Company #2 Member and Inactive Life Benevolent Member
Joseph Krecker
Passed away on January 31, 2022
Company #2 Past Member and Inactive life Benevolent Member
Frank Seminara
Passed away on January 5, 2022
Company #4 Past Member and Inactive Life Benevolent Member
Edward Steppe
Passed away on December 23 2021
Company #2 Member and Ex-Captain of Fire Police
Kenneth Nee
Passed away on June 27, 2021
Past Company #6 Member/Ex-Captain of Rescue
Kenneth Jackvony
Passed away on June 2, 2021
Ex-Captain of Company #4
William Propst Jr.
Passed away on February 9, 2021
Past Commissioner and Ex-Captain of Company #4
Martin Donnelly
Passed away on January 4, 2021
Member of Company #1 and Past Commissioner
Donald Sheridan
Passed away on April 6, 2020
Past Company #6/ Life Benevolent Member
Dave Maziarz
Passed away on May 29, 2020
Past Company #4 Member/Ex-Captain
Salvatore C. Bartolotta Sr.
Passed away on December 6, 2019
Active Company #4 Member
Linda Milano
Passed away on October 2, 2019
Ex-Chief and Past Member of Santapogue Engine Company #3 Member
Donald (Ding) Kuhnapfel
Passed Away on July 31, 2019
Past Company # 6 Member
Charles Privitera
Passed away on April 15, 2019
Ex-Chief And Past Commissioner
James Donlin Sr.
Passed Away on February 9, 2019
Past Company #6 Member
Thomas (TJ) McGurk
Passed away on January 20, 2019
Past Company # 8 Member
Dirk Kranenburg
Passed away on February 1, 2019
Past Company # 4 Member
Charles Kiefer
Passed away on March 8, 2018
Ex-Captain of Rescue
Tina Nee
Passed away on August 31, 2017
Company #6
Paul Patroniti
Passed away on April 8, 2017
Past Member of Company #3
George Kramer
Passed away on June 20, 2016
Ex-Chief/Past Commissioner Company # 2
Phil Canfora Sr.
Passed away on October 5, 2015
Past Member of Company # 6 Benevolent Member
Louis Gorgano
Passed away on August 17, 2015
Ex-Chief/Past Commissioner Company #4
David Carrigan
Passed away on May 1, 2015
Fire Fighter Companies 1 and 8
Joseph Hammel
Passed away on April 2, 2014
Ex-Chief/Ex-Commissioner Company #6
Richard Vella
Passed away on July 3, 2013
Ex-Capt. Company 6
Edward Brandal
Passed away on April 30. 2013
Inactive Life Member Company #1
Edward Keely
Passed away on March 15, 2013
Inactive Life Member
Jimmy (Sandy) Sandmirer
Passed away on February 28, 2013
Active Member of Company #6
Jack Verdi
Passed away on September 20, 2012
Inactive Life Member Ex-Captain Company #3
Gordon Mackenzie
Passed away on September 19, 2012
Inactive Life Member Company #3
Tony Fontana
Passed away August 28, 2012
Inactive Life Member Company #4
Werner Goebel
Passed away July 17, 2012
Inactive life member Company #4
William Hennigan
Passed away June 14, 2012
Company #8 & Ex-Capt. of Fire Police
Salvatore Russo
Passed away on July 16, 2011
Ex Captain of Company #3
John (Whitey) Patterson
Passed away on July 6, 2011
Company #4
Peter Rooney
Passed away on March 27, 2011
Company #4
Edward Tenedy Sr.
Passed away on September 30, 2010
Ex Captain Company 4
Harry LeClaire
Passed away November 30, 2009
49 Year member of Company 3
William Reilly
Passed away June 26, 2009
West Babylon FD Deceased Benevolent Members
* Chairman + Chaplain ^ Secretary
Year
1955
1962
1964
1965
1966
1969
1970
1972
1973
1974
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1986
1987
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1995
1996
1998
1999
2000
Name
Richard Stanaought
Ed Smalling
Steve Smith
William Krollege
Al Woods
Carl Bode
Frank Sarvis
^Sam Agusta (4-20-65)
^Clarence Johnson
Dominick Penna(8-22-69)
Sam Cox(12-3-69)
Ray McGuire
*William Stockinger
Bill Birch (2-27-72)
Edward Frank (3-2-73)
M. Nagengast
Clarence Hirsch Sr.
Ralph Rienzo (6-30-76)
Walter Sieger (1-22-77)
Lenny Probst (8-9-77)
Milton Taylor (1-2-78)
Jake Miller (1-26-78)
Arthur Tripp
Daniel Ledwith (8-12-79)
Carl Baker (9-16-79)
Clarence Hirsch Jr. (5-7-80)
Edwin Smith (1-8-81)
*Joseph L. Kramarcik Sr. (7-2-82)
Wilber Warfield (11-24-82)
Robert McCarthy (2-13-83)
Donald McGill (7-30-83)
John Inzerillo (9-14-83)
Jack Buerkel (9-19-83)
Harry Martin (3-29-83)
Al Brown (6-12-84)
John Tangorra (11-11-84)
Frank Baldwin (12-11-84)
John Werner (3-12-85)
John Morris (11-29-85)
Frank Gravino (12-13-85)
Joseph Portusese (5-7-86)
Ed Heverly (6-6-86)
John Alperti (7-19-86)
Fred Williams (9-9-86)
Francis B. Marchese (9-29-86)
Frank DeRiso (10-23-86)
Phillip Schwerdfeger (11-7-86)
Randy Sandmeier (12-11-86)
Lester Sank
Larry Burnham Jr. (11-1-87)
Arthur Webster (5-19-89)
Milan Zelenka (11-27-89)
Salvatore Arcuri (1-6-90)
Gus Kolmel (3-24-90)
*Dave Williams (4-12-90)
Nat Drago (4-19-90)
John Rice (10-16-90)
*Ralph Johnson (1-11-91)
Anthony Reynolds (5-11-91)
James Abrams (7-6-91)
*Martin Probst (10-4-91)
Charles Terembes (10-26-91)
Herman Kandler (11-27-91)
Chef Czach (12-13-91)
Larry Burnham Sr.
Fred DeCosterd (12-17-91)
Elbert (Buzz) Kendall (2-20-92)
George Kennedy (5-12-92)
Treas. Ellison Driscoll (7-27-92)
*Julius Reuss (1-17-92)
*Fred Schiedenhelm (5-20-93)
Henry Young (7-10-93)
Thomas Walsh
Hank Weiss
Walter Lord
Robert DeTotta
Charles W. Smith
Thomas J. Manzi Sr.
Harry Holston
William James Martin
George Haggarty Sr.
Fred (Red) Heverly
William Krollage Jr.
Theodore (Teddy) Anderson
Alfred Likewise
Richard Post
+Charles T. Steppe
Anthony Bonsignore
Frank DeMeo
*Gennaro (Jerry) Lico
William (Bill) Propst
^Howard Miller
Harry Qualls
Charles Hunold
George G. Ford
Steven Valsechi
Year
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Name
Francis J. McMahon
Irving Austin lll (11-19-01)
Richard Faby
Wilber VonBraunsberg
Eugene Schan (10-9-01)
Frank Bzezinski (12-8-02)
*John Gerold
John W. Reinert (10-3-03)
Harry Assip (10-27-03)
Frank J. Kleisrath Sr. (2-22-04)
John Porro
Joseph Ferraro (5-29-04)
Charles Doyle Jr. (9-27-04)
Patrick McArdle
Cookie Gallo
John (Jake) McHenry
Walter J. Gering
Jerry V. Saullo
Charles Driethlein Jr.
Joseph Meneghell
Michael J. Greene (6-16-06)
Irvin W. Smith (1-8-08)
William Reilly (6/26/09)
Harold (Harry) LeClaire (11-30-09)
Edward Tenedy Sr. (9/30/10)
Peter Rooney (3/27/11)
John (Whitey) Patterson (7/6/11)
Salvatore Russo (7/16/11)
William Hennigan (6/14/12)
Gordon Mackenzie (9/19/12)
Werner Goebel (7/17/12)
Jack Verdi (9/20/12)
Anthony (Tony) Fontana (8/28/12)
Jimmy (Sandy) Sandmeier (2/28/13)
Edward Brandel (4/30/13)
Edward Keely (3/15/13)
*Richard Vella (7/3/13)
Joseph Hammel (4/2/14)
*David Carrigan (5/1/15)
Louis Gorgano (8/17/15)
*Phil Canfora (10/5/15)
George Kramer (6/20/16)
Paul Patroniti (4/8/17)
Tina Nee (8/31/17)
Charles Kiefer (3/8/18)
*James Donlin (2/9/19)
*Donald Kuhnapfel (7-31-19)
Linda Milano (10-2-19)
Salvatore C. Bartolotta Sr. (12-4-19)
Dirk Kranenburg (2-1-19)
Charles Privitera (4-15-19)
Thomas (TJ) McGurk (1-20-19)
David Maziarz (5-29-20)
Martin Donnelly (1-4-21)
William Propst Jr. (2/9/21)
Kenneth Jackvony (6/2/21)
Kenneth Nee (6/27/21)
Edward Steppe (12/23/21)
Frank Seminara (1-5-22)
Joseph Krecker (January 31, 2022
Lowell Berkowitz (March 23,2022)
Clayton Skinner (May 24, 2022)
Timothy J. Traynor (July 16, 2022)
Phil Canfora Jr. (October 15, 2022)
————————————–
2023- Patrick Barbato (March 7, 2023)
Salvatore Locrotondo (December 31, 2023)
2024
Humbert Carreras (April 19, 2024)
Reuben Jump (April 19, 2024)
Louis Perillo (September 26, 2024)
2025 – Ahmed Hakki (April 11, 2025)
Dennis McMahon (July 11, 2025
David Burke ( July 31, 2025)
Richard Kroebel (July 31, 2025)
Anthony (Tony) Esposito (Sept. 24, 2025)
2026
Gary Mowbray Sr. (February 13, 2026)
Arthur “Artie” McNally (March 5, 2026)
Vincent Bethell (March 8, 2026)