Felton Fire Company Members

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Felton Fire Company, No. 3 Members
3rd & Yarnall, Chester, PA

Many thanks to Florence E. O'Bryan, FOBionicBlonde@aol.com, for providing Dates of Death for many of these members.

Some known members of the Felton Fire Company:

ID	Last Name	First Name	Middle Name	Date of Death	Biography	Obituary	Picture	Notes	Source
484	Allvord	George	L	10/5/1992		Obituary		Honorary member of Felton Fire Company	Florence E O'Bryan
250	Arty	Ben					Picture		William H. Crystle, 3rd
489	Artymovicz	Benjamin "Benny"		3/23/1992		Obituary			Florence E O'Bryan
131	Ashby	John	B	09/19/94		Obituary
251	Barbacane	Joseph
11	Bardsley	George	R	08/02/99		Obituary
13	Barrowclough	Milton		1971
249	Baumgart	Joseph		9/21/1980				"As a child I can remember that my uncles -- Joseph Baumgart and William Baumgart were members of the Felton Fire Company. William was in the Navy and always responded to the fire alarm whenever he was home on call. I seem to remember that Joseph Baumgart was a treasurer at one point."; My name is Katie Lamb [katienine@yahoo.com]. I am the youngest daughter of Joseph Baumgart. My Dad passed away on September 21, 1980. He was born on June 5, 1906. He died of lung Cancer in Pennsylvania, while visiting my sister Joan. My dad made his home in Texas, which is where I was raised. He was buried in Boothwyn Maryland. The Felton Fire Department was very gracious, it was wonderful to meet a few of the gentlemen who served with him as firefighters. My son Aaron follows in his footsteps as a firefighter. He is a firefighter for the BLM. He is with the Idaho City Hotshots.	Judy DiMeglio
252	Baumgart	William		c. 1982-1983				"As a child I can remember that my uncles -- Joseph Baumgart and William Baumgart were members of the Felton Fire Company. William was in the Navy and always responded to the fire alarm whenever he was home on call. I seem to remember that Joseph Baumgart was a treasurer at one point."; My Uncle William (Bill), passed away sometime around 1982-83. He married a woman by the name of Alice, whe ran a boarding house in Waco Texas. Katie Lamb [katienine@yahoo.com]	Judy DiMeglio
18	Boulden	Louis	Frederick	1/15/1995		Obituary
20	Capasso	Albert		2/22/1995		Obituary			Jim Owens, son of James "Porky" Owens, Jr.
26	Coombs	Robert	M	08/23/99		Obituary
253	Creilly	Bill							Bill Crielly
254	Detwiler	George
31	DeVito	Andrew Joseph "Sonny"		04/06/96		Obituary
35	Dill	James		04/13/99		Obituary
36	Dobson	Frank		04/13/99
37	Dougherty	George	W	10/23/97		Obituary
38	Downey	Joseph	R	04/24/96		Obituary
255	Downey, Sr.	Phil					Picture	"Later owned the popular pool room next door to the fire house" - Lee Bennington	William H. Crystle, 3rd
39	Doyle	Norman
256	Ehrenzeller	Elwood
44	Evans	Harry	J	11/16/94		Obituary
46	Ford	Robert	W	05/24/97		Obituary
491	Fry	Robert	Allen	8/15/1991		Obituary			Florence E O'Bryan
48	Garman	Lloyd	H	12/01/96		Obituary
257	Grayson	John					December 4, 1945 News Article		Lee Bennington
258	Grayson	Robert					Picture		William H. Crystle, 3rd
53	Haines	Joseph	E	11/20/94		Obituary
259	Haines, Sr.	Joseph
481	Hallman	Jacob "Jake"		1940			Picture	Jacob "Jake" Hallman was believed to be Chester's oldest fireman in 1924. He had been a driver since 1902. Jacob Hallman is my Great Grandfather; my mother's maternal grandfather. He was born in 1860 and died in 1940. He lived on 4th street just off the corner of 4th and Yarnell, about a half block from the Felton Fire House, if I recall. I have attached a photo of Jacob in the driver's seat of his fire truck ... but I do not know the name of his horse. he was a driver for Felton, my mother still has his badge.	John Pennington, great grandson
260	Harper	Blair
261	Harper	Lewis						Later a Chester Fire Chief
465	Holt	Walter	S	10/12/1997		Obituary			Florence E O'Bryan
59	Howlett	Robert	F	01/26/00
262	Knarr	William
138	Kokoszka	Peter	S	4/15/93
263	Kokoszka	Walter "Koke" "Koko"	F	3/14/2001				"My husband Walter F. Kokoszka, better know as Koke or Koko was a Felton Fire Company member and was with the City of Chester Fire Department from 1967 until his retirement in 1992. He passed away on March 14, 2001."	Marie Borcky Kokoszka
511	McCarty	John	J	1942				John J. McCarty, my grandfather, was a a paid driver for Felton until he left to go to work for Sinclair. He continued as a member until his death in 1942. We lived on Jeffery Street at the time.	Loretta Gallagher, granddaughter
73	McCarty	Joseph	H	12/08/98		Obituary		Joseph H. McCarty was a member of the Felton Fire Company from the time he returned from the Occupation Forces after WWII until he passed away on December 8, 1998. He worked for AH Wirz, later Teledyne Wirz for over 50 years. He went to Dewey School and CHS. Lived in Brookhaven when he passed away. He went to and fought fires until his death.
264	McDowell	W	S					President c. 1903
265	McKay	Francis "Franny"					Picture
266	McKay	Frank
267	McKay	Joseph	W	3/15/1996		Obituary
83	McKay, Sr.	Joseph	W	03/15/96
268	McKnight	Jack
269	McMaster	Charles "Snooky"		2/10/1991		Obituary	Picture		William H. Crystle, 3rd
85	Middleton	Robert		05/02/98		Obituary
87	Minshall	Clifton	W	02/22/99
270	O'Brien	Henry
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If you have any additional information or pictures that you would like to contribute about any of the members of this fire company, please forward it to john@oldchesterpa.com. Be sure to include the number in the "ID" column in your email so that I can accurately identify the individual.

This page last updated 10/18/05