Friday, October 4, 2024
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Although Mike retired from LFD several years before I did, we worked together on the same shift for many years. I recall a year when our crew at the old Station 4 on S. Penn. adopted a needy family in the community for Christmas. Mike was the station captain, and we took the rig to Sam's Club to buy items for our adopted family. We spent close to $300 on food, clothes, and gifts, most of it Mike's personal money at his insistence. On the way back to the station, the cabinets on the rig were crammed full with all that we had bought. Those of us who were stationed with Mike and worked with him closely saw first-hand his generous spirit toward those in need, not just on that occasion but others as well. Kathy, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Marv Helmker
LFD retired, 2007
