Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in Peace. May God be with your family and friends. Thank you for your service.

Holly
HPDwife

August 19, 2007

My Brother;Ben I'm really going to miss you man.We shared so much,especially about our newborn sons.Ben I will continue to keep you and your family in my prayers.

PFC.Donald A .Evans Sr
Gary Police Department

August 19, 2007

Ptl. Wilcher,
I never knew you, but have learned so much about you this past week. It was my honor to help with the planning of your funeral. I hope, as you looked upon us from Heaven, you were proud of what was done in your honor.

Please, rest in the peace of the Risen Lord and know you are now part of all of us.

Sgt. Bill Kraus
South Bend PD

August 18, 2007

I did not get a chance to pay my respects to you sir. Here is my click!

P#103

August 18, 2007

Rest in Peace...

Police Officer
Syracuse Police Dept,NY

August 18, 2007

May you rest in peace officer,your brothers in Law Enforcement will continue the watch. God bless your family.

JERRY RIGSBY/DIRECTOR
PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLICATIONS/FOP#36

August 18, 2007

The policeman stood and faced God,
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining,
just as brightly as his brass.

"Step forward now, policeman.
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To my church have you been true?"

The policeman squared his shoulders and said,
"No lord, I guess I ain't,
because those of us who carry a badge
can't always be a saint."

I've had to work most Sundays,
and at times my talk was rough,
and sometimes I've been violent,
because the streets are awfully tough.

But I never took a penny,
that wasn't mine to keep
though I worked a lot of overtime
when the bills got just too steep.

And I never passed a cry for help,
though at time I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.

I know I don't deserve a place
among the people here.
They never wanted me around
except to calm their fear.

If you've a place for me here, Lord,
It needn't be so grand.
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't I'll understand.

There was a silence all around the throne
where the saints had often trod.
As the policeman waited quietly,
for the judgment of his god.

"Step forward now, policeman,
you’ve born your burdens well.
Come walk a beat on Heaven's streets,
you’ve done your time in hell"

Your family is in my thoughts and prayers, thank you for your service and dedication to the law enforcement field, its men and women like you that make everyday a better plac to live.

911 Dispatcher
Franklin Park Illinois

August 18, 2007

My thoughts & prayers are with you all. Rest Easy.

Cindy, Arkansas
Sister of slain Officer Randy Basnett, eow, 9/24/76

August 17, 2007

you will be remembered as a hero. We keep those you love in our prayers. Job well done. Go with God.

Corporal Timothy J. Zuniga
UC Berkeley Police Department

August 17, 2007

Ben,

I just wanted to say thank you for taking the ultimate sacrifice. You will be always missed by brother. Thank you for your friendship, dedication and commitment. You wil never be forgotten.

Detective Wayne James#139
New Chicago Police Department

August 17, 2007

Rest in peace. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family and friends.

Trooper
Massachusetts State Police

August 17, 2007

Rest, brother.

Cpl Steve Headley
Mishawaka, IN police

August 17, 2007

You made the ultimate sacrifice and may you rest in peace and keep a watchful eye over the other boys in blue. God Bless you and your family

Wife of a police officer

August 17, 2007

Rest in peace Ben, you will live in our hearts forever.

Lt. Del Stout
Gary Police Department

August 16, 2007

Officer Wilcher,
Thank you for your service and sacrifice to your community and our nation, I am very proud of you. Our prayers are with you and your family.

Sergeant Mark Moyle
McKinney Police Department

August 16, 2007

God Bless you and your family!! Rest in Peace. We'll miss you!!

Jerri Baum
Citizen

August 16, 2007

I SEND MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND GARY POLICE DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE DEMISE OF PATROLMAN BENJAMIN WILCHER JR. I PRAY EVERYONE WHO KNEW THIS HONORABLE MAN WILL CONTINUE TO REMEMBER HIS BRAVERY, COURAGE, AND THE LEGACY IN WHICH HE LEFT.

PATROLMAN BENJAMIN WILCHER JR. YOUR SHIFT IS OVER NOW, WE WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE. REST IN PEACE, BROTHER...

DEPUTY SHERIFF JAMES E. BRADFORD JR.
BRADLEY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT

August 16, 2007

God bless you and your family. It takes strong people to realize all that is on the line when becoming an officer or friends and family to one. The day you graduate the academy your world changes and now ours has as well because we lost another brother in blue. Please watch over the rest of us and guide us out of harms way.

Ofc. R. Stroh
Lake County PD. Norfolk Southern PD

August 16, 2007

It is ironic that those things in life that bring us a great feeling of joy, security and well being also bring us great sorrow. To know public service is to know sacrifice. Not only as the servant but as the family of the servant as well. May God blees and keep you and your family.

Marshal Lawrence Brown
New Carllisle Marshals Dept. (IN)

August 16, 2007

May the perpetual light of our Lord shine upon you. President Theodore Roosevelt once said, "The credit belongs to those people who are actually in the arena...who know the great enthusiasims, the great devotion to a worthy cause; who at best know the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know niether victory nor defeat." May you rest in peace and bask in the victory of Gods eternal light.

Commander, Daniel L. Alvarado
Chicago Police Department

August 16, 2007

BEN

REST IN PEACE MY BROTHER OF CLASS 05-164
"SWORN TO DUTY BOUND BY HONOR"

Patrolman Marshall Noble
French Lick Police/Member of Class 05-164

August 16, 2007

My condolences and prayers to the family of Patrolman Wilcher. I feel so deeply saddened for the children to lose their father at so young an age. Please know that I and my family will be thinking of you and praying that you all find the strength and courage to get through this difficult time. God Bless.

Jennifer M. Mooney
Sister of DFC Hilery Mayo Jr. EOW 6/9/07 STPSO La

August 15, 2007

Rest in Peace Patrolman Benjamin Wilcher, Our thoughts and prayers are with your family and brothers and sisters in Blue. Now you can walk the Streets of Gold with all of our Blue Angels.


Patty
Wife of TCSO Deputy
Tarrant County, Texas

August 15, 2007

You were hired onto GPD after I had already left for another department, so I never had the privilege of working with you. Regardless, its always painful when a police officer passes away doing his job, especially when the officer worked for a department from NWI, too close to home. God bless you, your family, and your loved ones, and watch over all of us in blue.

Ofc J Zemburski #185
SPD

August 15, 2007

Rest in peace Officer. It does not matter how you died but how you lived. May God grant you eternal life and comfort to your family and co-workers. Today on my way to work I saw your fellow Officers escorting your body back to Gary from Chicago but I'm sure you were also watching for above with God by your side.

Officer D. Grzemski #11594
Chicago P.D. / Blue Knights Ind. IV

August 15, 2007