Blue Mass - First Responder Honor Roll

(In back) Firefighter Gunner Kota. (In front l-r) Deputy Jason Monarch, Sheriff Gary Schuette, Officer Gianna Mason, and Trooper Jake Escott. 

During the Blue Mass held on September 14 at St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church, the community remembered those who lost their lives in the line of duty. 


• Sergeant Frederick Booth, Jackson Police Department, 1906
• Captain John Holzapfel, Jackson Police Department, 1907
• Undersheriff Harry Worden, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, 1920
• Officer Leonard Carey, Jackson Police Department, 1930
• Deputy Fred Reilly, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, 1954
• Lieutenant William James Nixon, Jackson Police Department, 1978
• Firefighter Norman E. Creger, Jackson City Fire Department, 1982
• Trooper Tony L. Thames, Michigan State Police, 1983
• Officer Niles Johantgen, Atlanta Police Department (Jackson resident), 1991
• Trooper Manuel Fields, Michigan State Police, 1994
• Captain Scott A. Thornton, Summit Township Fire Department, 2005
• Officer James Bonneau, Jackson Police Department, 2010
• Trooper Chad Wolf, Michigan State Police, 2015
• Firefighter Charles “Chuck” Adams Jr., Spring Arbor Township Fire Department, 2016
• Trooper Chad Dermyer, Virginia State Police (former Jackson Police Department), 2016 

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