Riverhead Fire Department holds annual memorial service and inspection: photos

Riverhead Fire Department held its annual memorial service, roll call and inspection Sunday morning at department headquarters.

The service included an invocation by Riverhead Ladies Auxiliary Chaplain Kathy Berezny, a reading of Psalm 23 by Riverhead Fire Department Chaplain Justin Winter and a reading of the Firefighter’s Memorial Hymn by Berezny, followed by a candle-lighting ceremony in memory of members who died in the past year:

Ex-Chief Richard Gadzinski, Reliable Hose and Engine Co. 1

Ex-Commissioner James Creighton, Fire Police Patrol Co. 1

Firefighter Mark Linnen, Red Bird Hook and Ladder Co. 1

Marie Madigan, Ladies Auxiliary

Joan Fleischman, Ladies Auxiliary Honorary Member

Gadzinski, 63-year member of the Reliable Hose and Engine Company #1 of the Riverhead Fire Department and chief of department in 1989-1990, died Dec. 27 at age 84.

Creighton, also a 63-year member of the department, an ex-captain of the fire police patrol and ex-commissioner of the Riverhead Fire District, died July 21 at age 86.

Madigan, a member of Ladies Auxiliary since 1981, died Feb. 2 at age 78.

Source: RiverheadLOCAL