Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Your service and sacrifice are not forgotten. May God Bless your family and loved ones. Rest in piece Deputy.

Sgt. G. T. Martin
Collier Co. S.O. (FL)

June 6, 2010

MARK
YOU ARE ALWAYS MISSED, ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE TELLING SOME GOOD STORIES ABOUT YOU. "YOUR MY BROTHER AND YOUR NOT HEAVY"S
WILL PLAY ON THE RADIO AND I'LL CRY AS I REMEMBER YOU SQEEZING ME EVERY TIME WE 'D HEAR IT.
I LOVE YOU BABE
DIANA

diana
your sister

October 11, 2009

MARK, MONDAY WILL BE 10 YEARS SINCE YOU,THOMAS ANS TERRY GAVE YOUR LIVES FOR THE PEOPLE YOU LOVED AND WATCHED OVER WHILE THEY SLEPT. YOU ARE GREATLY MISSED BY ALOT OF PEOPLE, VERY OFTEN SOME ONE WILL REMEMBER YOU.
RACHAEL AND THE KIDS ARE DOING GOOD YOU'D BE VERY PROUD OF THEM,(YEA, I HEAR YOUR SAYING YOU WERE ALWAYS PROUD OF THEM)
YOU ARE ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, MOM EVEN HAS DONE MUCH BETTER THEN I THOUGHT SHE WOULD. BABE, YOU ARE MISSED EVERY DAY BY ME AND ALWAYS WILL BE. WE LAUGH ABOUT THINGS YOU DID AS A KID OR AS A BRAT. BUT YOUR MY BRAT AND I LOVE YOU DEARLY
YOUR SISTER AND BROTHER IN LAW
DIANA,AND GARY

diana
MARK'S SISTER

October 10, 2009

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Former Police Officer
D.H.P.D.

October 12, 2008

To Deputy Mark Stephenson and and his loved ones:

On this the ninth anniversary of your tragic death, please know that your memory is honored and revered today. Rest in Peace, Deputy Stephenson. I am praying for solace for your family today and each day of their journey as survivors.

This reflection is sent with the utmost respect for the distinquished service Deputy Stephenson gave to his community and the citizens of Texas, and for the supreme sacrifice he and his family made on October 12, 1999.

Phyllis Loya

Phyllis Loya
mother of Officer Larry Lasater, eow 4/24/05

October 12, 2008

"The Badge"

He starts his shift each day
To respond to calls unknown.
He drives a marked patrol car.
A police officer he is known.

He's paid by the citizens' taxes
To make it safe on the streets.
But he usually has a second job
'Cause a waitress has his salary beat.

Now he doesn't know a holiday
'Cause he works all year round.
And when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive
At his home he cannot be found.

He's cursed and assaulted often,
The one whos blood runs blue.
He seldom ever gets a thanks,
To some he's just a fool.

His friends are always other cops
'Cause people just don't understand
That underneath his badge and gun,
He's just another man.

He knows there might not be a tomorrow
In this world of drugs and crime.
And he gets so mad at the court system
'Cause the crooks don't get any time.

And each day when he leaves for work,
He prays to God above.
Please bring me home after my shift
So I can see the ones I love.

But tonight he stops a speeding car,
He's alone down this ole' highway.
It's just a little traffic infraction.
He does it everyday.

Well, he walks up to the driver's window,
And his badge is shining bright.
He asked the guy for a driver's license,
When a shot rang through the night.

Yes, the bullet hit its mark,
Striking the officer in the chest.
But the Department's budget didn't buy
Each officer a bullet-proof vest.

So he lay on the ground bleeding.
His blood wasn't blue - His blood was red.
And briefly he thought of his loved ones
'Cause in a moment the officer was dead.

In the news they told the story
Of how this officer had died.
And some who listened cared less,
But those who loved him cried.

Well, they buried him in uniform
With his badge pinned on his chest.
He even had his revolver,
He died doing his best.

Written By:
David L. Bell
Sergeant
Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1999 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

January 30, 2008

It has taken me a long time to visit this page and write something about my friend Mark. I had the greatest pleasure working with him. Although I wasn't dispatching at the time of this tragedy I was in another department of the Sheriff's office. He would always use my computer, lock it up and leave me a note taped to the screen that he broke my computer. I remember he would play Guns N Roses Sweet Child of Mine of his PA system in his vehicle. Too funny. On the night of this tragedy, he was using my computer and of course he couldn't get it too work (i put a password on it so he wouldn't break it, lol)and I received a page from him. I was playing softball at the time and didn't look at my pager until about an hour later. By then all this happened. Too this day I wondered what kind of scoulding he was going to give me for password protecting my computer from him. I never got to tell him the password was his unit number 633. I new in a million years he would never guess that. I miss all of the fallen officers everyday. I know that he is in heaven keeping track of all of us and protecting us from up above.

Yolanda R, former dispatcher
Former Co-Worker

January 3, 2008

My thoughts are with all of your loved ones on this anniversary of your EOW. You are a true hero and heroes never die. Continue to keep watch over all of your loved ones and come to them in their dreams to let them know you are near and guarding over them every day.
"Good men and women must die, but death cannot kill their names." You have not been forgotten.

Bob Gordon
Father of Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

October 12, 2007

On the upcoming anniversary of your passing, we remember you today, and thank you Sir for your service.

Pat Van Den Berghe, Manchester, NH
Neighbors for a Better Manchester, NH

October 10, 2007

Mark,
I just wanted to say to keep an eye on daddy while you are up there with him and i hope that you have been watching over everyone and being happy. Especially since ya'lls anniversary is coming up soon.
I have never forgotten you
Your Friend,
Lauri Monse

Lauri Monse
Daughter of Deputy Monse

September 27, 2007

Rest in peace, Sir! You are not forgotten.

Police Officer

June 8, 2007

I'm writing this little note just to let everyone know how my life was touched in so many ways by mark,I worked,argued
laughed,cried with him for so many years and he still continues to touch my life in so many ways, I have to thank him. He was always telling me where my son was, who he was with,and how he might get into trouble and having little talks with Jason,and staying on his butt whenever and where ever he saw him,amazingly that was at least 10 to 12 years ago. I want him to know it has paid off and thanks to him and other great officers like him who took my son under thier protective wings,I'm so proud of that boy a couple of weeks ago he made fireman of the year at our local Pleasanton F.D. he has a great job and he is a very responsible adult. I and he (Jason)were very blessed to have had Mark in our lives. I still think about him and Tom and Terry every day and they will forever be in my heart.
Love,
Josie

josie krueger
former dispatcher/911 atascosa co so

April 4, 2007

I was thinking about you today. We had another brother in blue here in Dallas Killed very close to the same way you died. Very sad. His name is also Mark. Very strange for me and I Feel so sad for his family. So thought I would stop a second here and say I LOVE YOU! I miss you and think of you every day!
Tina

Tina Laumer
Niece of Mark Stephenson EOW 10-12-199

March 26, 2007

God bless you and your family.

March 5, 2007

Mark,
You are greatly missed. I won't forget you or your family. They are still all in my prayers. We worked together for several years, before I came to San Antonio to dispatcher to a much larger group of officers, where I lost another good friend in October 2005. You were a very good officer and I use your love of the job alot when teaching new cadets. Thanks for making my job a little easier on the other side of the radio.

Flo / Dispatcher
Friend

January 2, 2007

mark
it has been a long road for me.everyday i hit the streets in san antonio and i say my prayers.and always talk to you.hope that can watch over me and all the law enforcement officer.and every day i thank you for the job that you did and most of all making my sister happy.i miss you every single day and wish you were here to talk to.rest in peace my brother.and always know that you are in my heart and i try to do my best out there with you in mind.thanks for being an insiration to me and others.
love you and miss you brother.
tony

anthony goins
brother in law

December 21, 2006

Dearest Mark,

After all these years, it seems that the pain should be easier, but it is not.

We miss and love you more than you will ever be able to understand, and wish so much that things were different.

As I face Thanksgiving and know that you are not here to enjoy with your wonderful wife and children, please know that not a day goes by that you are not thought of, prayed for, loved or missed.

I love you little brother...you have touched so many lives, and continue to do so even from above.

Love, Debe

Debe
Sister

November 18, 2006

We are still and always will be thinking of thee.......

Olen M. Young Deputy Sheriff
Perkins County SO NE

October 12, 2006

TODAY IS THE 7TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEPUTY STEPHENSON'S EOW. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT HE IS NOT FORGOTTEN. HE WAS TRULY A HERO.
GOD BLESS.

MOTHER OF A FALLEN OFFICER

October 12, 2006

Sleep safe, G-d Bless you.

October 12, 2006

It has been 7 years since your tour of duty ended and you have not been forgotten. Your loved ones and the Blue Family will always keep your memory alive. My thoughts are with them on this anniversary of your end of watch. Keep watch over your loved ones and those still out on patrol. You are a true hero and heroes never die.

Bob Gordon, father of fallen officer
Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

Bob Gordon, Gold Star Father

October 11, 2006

Rachel,
We all miss mark...even though i didn't know him very long and i did know that he loved doing what he did just like daddy. Well i wanted to let you know that despite that fact that we haven't spoken that i still think of you and your kids. i hope you are doing well and i hope to get into contact with you. Make sure you live a long and happy life.
Your Friend,
Lauri Monse

Lauri Monse
Daughter of Deputy Monse

May 29, 2006

Mark,
I still think about you all of the time. The fun times we had in those years. I still remember the times we would sneak off 10-6, to my Mom and Dads and you would eat all of the chicken fried steak.
I really miss you big guy. See you again someday.

Cregg

Cregg Thompson

March 30, 2006

Deputy Sheriff Mark Louis Stephenson,

I never met you, you sacrifice your life to Hero in my eyes, your wore your Badge with Honor and Integrity.

Rest In Peace My Fellow Brother In Blue,

Ret. Sgt. Ramon Menchaca
Balcones Heights Police Department

Ret. Sgt. Ramon Menchaca
Balcones Heights Police Department

February 16, 2006

TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS OF DEP. STEPHENSON;
THIS IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND, BUT KNOW THAT OTHERS ARE GRIEVING WITH YOU AND REMEMBERING HIM.
GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU IN HIS CARE.

LORRAINE BOND (MOTHER)
HAMILTON COUNTY, TN. DEPUTY SHERIFF:
DONALD K. BOND, JR.
EOW: 09.06.01

October 18, 2005