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Honorary Members

An Honorary Life Member is a past member who has served 25 years or more on the department. 
An Honorary Member is a past member who has served 15 years or more on the department. 

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 Back row from left: Jim Lawson, George Ackerman, Dan Beaty, and Jim Grothe.
Front row from left: the late Jim Lewis, Terry Pickell, the late Henry Doncheski, and the late Jim Devening 
Bottom Picture from left: Rick Eckley, Glenn Christensen, and the late Mike Johnson
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Individual members and years of service

Randy "Fat Rat" Rager- 56 years
Darwin Ruwe- 49 years
The late Gene TeSelle- 48 years
George Ackerman - 36 years
Terry Pickell- 35 years
Dan Beaty- 34 years
Chad Noel- 33 years
Rick Eckley- 32 years
Mike Johnson- 31 years
Mike Bank- 30 years
Tim Braniff - 30 years
Glenn Christensen- 26 years
Jim Lawson- 25 years
Jim Grothe- 25 years
Brian Pickell - 25 years

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP ROLL

1910-1943: W.J. BRUNE                
​1911- 1950: F.O. LUNDSTROM
1912-1946: CHAS MCDONALD
1914-1941: LYMAN PRATT
1914-1941: LYMAN C PRATT 
1916-1942: CLYDE TUMBERG
1916- 1946: EARL HASWELL
1916- 1949: H.J. WRAGGE
1916-1958: GORGE SCAEFER
1916-1963: B.F.SCHROEDER 
1919-1950: ARCHIE CORBIN
​1920-1946: LLOYD PECK

1920-1948: C.L. HOLLAND  
​1925-1950: LLOYD LAWRENCE

1927-1967: HAROLD BASCOMB
1928-1954: R.M. ANDERSON
1934-1966: HOWARD ECKLEY
​1935-1960: RUPERT ECKLEY 
1938-1963: LOUIS ECKLEY
1938-1966: GEO NELSON
1942- 1969: RAY LINDEN
1947-1973 CARL KRUSE
​1950-1976: CARL SCHROEDER
1954-1979: HENRY DONCHESKI
​1960-1991: MERLIN MAGILL

1967-1992: JIM GROTHE 
​1970-1995 JIM LAWSON
1971-2003: RICK ECKLEY
1977-2002: JIM LEWIS

1976-2005: TOM KING
1971-2007: TERRY PICKELL​
1958-2008: JIM TOBIN
1983-2009: GLENN CHRISTENSEN
1891-2012: MIKE JOHNSON
1979-2013: DAN BEATY
​1891-2012: MIKE JOHNSON

1979-2013: DAN BEATY
1977-2002: JIM LEWIS
1976-2005: TOM KING
1971-2007: TERRY PICKELL​
1958-2008: JIM TOBIN
1983-2009: GLENN CHRISTENSEN
1891-2012: MIKE JOHNSON
1979-2013: DAN BEATY
1970-2016: JIM DEVENING 
1969-2017: GENE TESELLE 
1995-2021: BRIAN PICKELL 
1990- 2023- CHAD NOEL "CHIPPER"
1968-2024 - RANDY RAGER "FAT RAT"
1975-2024 - DARWIN RUWE
1994-2024 - MIKE BANK
1994-2024 - TIM BRANIFF
1987-2025 - GEORGE ACKERMAN

HONORARY MEMBERSHIP ROLL

1892-1916: B.R. LATTA
1894-1916: ED LATTA
1897-1916: C.S. ECKLEY
1989-1921: J.M. CROWELL
1900-1916: J. FISHER
1900- 1916: N.J. MANN
1902-1917: CHAS NESBIT
1902-1923: DR. I LUKENS
1907-1928: C.A ELLIS
1914-1934: SAM BATCHELDER
1916-1935: JOHN BLISS
1919-1942: DUGAN LEWIS
1920-1942: BRYAN CORBIN
1920: B.O. MCDONALD
1921-1940: O. CHATT
1921-1936: WILL OLINGER
1921-1942: H. STANLEY
1921-1942: W. MCHARTNELL
​1922-1945: JOHN CUTLER
1923-1938: B.R. HARRIS
1923-1942: E.W. ISGRIG
1923-1942: C.C. BRUCE
1923-1943: ROY HANCOCK
1926-1941: L.G. PHIPPS
1929-1949: DR. I. LUKENS
1929-1950: DR. F.P ELLENBERGER
1929-1952: I.P. SCHAFER
1937-1953: M.D HART
1937-1956: KEITH HOPWELL
1940-1955: EMMETT HAMPTON
1941-1960: GEORGE WOODS
1943-1958: LELAND HURLOCKER
1944-1959: DUTCH BURRELL
1944-1959: ROGNER PETERSON
1944-1966: LEROY JACK
1947-1965: FRED HEMPHILL
​1947-1965: GEO RASMUSSEN 
1954-1973: FLOYD GOLDSBERRY
1954-1974: BOB ARONSON
​​1955-1973: WILBERT JACKSON
1960-1983: JACK BAILEY
1962-1983: RALPH ANDERSON, JR.
1963-1976: TOM CRANNELL
1965-1979: FRED BACON
1965-1980: TERRY BEAVER
1969-1992: MARVIN JOHSON
1973-1990: MIKE MCCLURE
1974-1990: STEVE CASS
1974-1991: LES RAY
1976-1981: JIM METZLER, JR.
1979-1992: BRUCE ELLIS
1983-1996: ROGER BECK
1984-2001: JOHN BITTER
1985-1999: ARLYN "OLE" OLSON
1987-1997: BOB WIMER 
1994-2009: KERRY FARBER
1973-1986:CHARLES MONTGOMERY 
1978-1994: BILL PICKELL
1989-2014: JIM METZLER, 3RD
1990-2014: JOHN "TUNA"  
                   HAVERCAMP
2002-2024: MATT DEEMER
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