Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest In Peace Brother

Captain Steve Yancey
Forest Hill Police Department, TX

April 15, 2014

Rest in Peace Deputy Severson. Thank you so much for your service. My thoughts and Prayers are with your family and friends.

Lieutenant Robert T. Mote (ret)
Buena Park, CA Police Department

April 15, 2014

Rest in eternal peace, Deputy Sheriff Severson, for we have the watch now. Your family and your brothers and sisters in uniform, our brothers and sisters, too, are in our thoughts and prayers. May they find comfort in remembrances of your dedication and service.

Deputy Warden Patricia Powers
Philadelphia Prison System

April 15, 2014

Dep Severson, may you rest in peace our brother. You'll never be forgotten.

Sgt Richard Eckert
Town of Chester PD

April 15, 2014

Thank-you for your brave service. Rest in Peace.

1st Lt. Stephen A. Joy #980
Prince George's County Police Department, Maryland

April 15, 2014

My prayers are with the family of this truly Great Hero! He will be missed but never forgotten. I know your hearts are broken but may you have the Peace that passes all understanding.

Surviving Spouse
Carrollton Police Department

April 15, 2014

Thank you for your service to our community as a Sheriff's Deputy, but also for the 23 years of service after you were injured. You shared your story of survival and overcoming obstacles, your faith in Christ, and your joy despite your circumstances. You never gave up! You finished strong and you taught others to fight. live, and overcome. You'll never be forgotten and you're legacy will live on in hearts and minds of those you have touched.

Kirk Anderson
Friend

April 15, 2014

My husband and I met Mike at the walls of the National Memorial the year that Alan Albee (Burnett County Deputy killed in the same incident) was honored. Mike was there in uniform in his sip and puff wheelchair staring at the name on the wall. For those of you who have been at the Memorial and walked the walls before the ceremony, you know how crowded it is and how much sorrow is expressed. Imagine that sight of Mike in his large wheelchair unable to even wipe the tears streaming down his face.

What an honor to have come to know him as a good friend from that day forward. He always wondered why he, a young single man, was left behind and Alan Albee, who had a wife and two children, was called home on that dreadful day. With each day, Mike found answers to his wondering. He discovered his purpose, put meaningfulness into the senselessness, and followed the plans God had for him right to the end.

His funeral will be Saturday, April 19, 2014. It was 23 years ago on that morning that he was shot.

Mary VanHaute, privileged friend
Wife of Allen VanHaute, Green Bay PD, retired

April 15, 2014

You will always be a Heroes in my heat and prayers. You will never be forgotten.

Ronald Bridgman Retired
North Charleston

April 15, 2014

God bless Deputy Severson and has family. He made the ultimate sacrifice for the citizens and community he protected.

My thoughts and prayers are with him, his family and the colleagues he served with. Rest in peace my law enforcement brother.

Blair M. Gluba, Special Agent (Ret)
NCIS

April 15, 2014

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
Matthew 5:9

Marshal Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

April 15, 2014

Thank you for your service.

Tim Liddell
CA Hwy Patrol (retired)

April 15, 2014

As you departed the bonds of this earth and touched the face of God, know that the service and dedication you had for your department, its fellow officers and the citizens of your community will never be forgotten. May God comfort in this time of sorrow your family, your fellow officers and all those whose lives you have touched. You have served your time in hell, now rest comfortably in the arms of God. RIP, we’ll take it from here.

Capt. James Moore
Gardner, KS Police Department

April 15, 2014

Thank you Deputy Severson for your years of hard work and dedication and for paying the ultimate sacrifice for the fine folks in the great state of Wisconsin. You are a true AMERICAN HERO !!!!!!

My thoughts and prayers are with your family, friends and co-workers. May you forever, rest in peace, my brother.

HEROES NEVER DIE...

Sgt. Mitch Cheselka (Retired)
Orange County Sheriff, California
Polk County Sheriff, Oregon

April 15, 2014

From our family to yours: we are so very sorry for your loss! Police officers are unsung heros in this life, but those of us that have them in our family or know a cop know how truly great they are! Please accept our deepest condolences.

Sgt. Cory Wride Family

April 15, 2014

A police officer should be remembered not by how he died, but how he lived! A great man has gone to secure a safe path for the rest of us to follow. Thank you to you, your family and the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother.

Anonymous

April 15, 2014

May you Rest In Peace now brother!!! Thank you for your service and selfless sacrifice. You will never be forgotten!!! My heart goes out to your family and friends.

Detective Shawn Moody
Greenwood Village Police Dept., Greenwood Village, CO

April 15, 2014

Whatever our duty, or wherever we serve, we are all brothers and sisters in this most honorable calling. We have lost yet another brother who we must never forget.

My deepest sympathy to both his family and his law enforcement family. My thoughts and prayers are with them. May he rest in eternal peace.

Sgt. Tom Waller, Cincinnati P.D., Ret.
Greater Cincinnati Police Museum

April 15, 2014

May GOD be with his family and friends as they suffer his loss. We are praying for all. Deputy Severson gave all in the performance of his duty at this incident and will be an inspiration to other officers across the country in what being a Law Enforcement Officer is all about. GOD Bless you Deputy Severson.

Retired Sgt. Charles Carty
Benton AR. Police Dept.

April 15, 2014

I am both a cop and chaplain and one of things we do as a ministry is to come alongside wounded officers here at Craig Hospital in Englewood (CO). Through that outreach I got to know Mike well and forged a friendship. Please know that even though Mike was paralyzed he represented the PCSO well and was a true inspiration to all. Because our brother knew Christ as his Lord and Savior, he is now forever free in paradise. I look forward to seeing him again when my time comes. Splendid behavior!

Police Lt. & Chaplain M.C. Williams
FPD and The Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry

April 15, 2014

God bless Deputy Severson's family, friends and coworkers and give them strength and peace to get through their grief and pain. Thank you for your service and sacrifice brother.

Sergeant Clark O. Parry
Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office, New York

April 15, 2014

MIKE R I P

MICHAEL LONG
NY STATE POLICE RETIRED

April 15, 2014

Expressing deepest sympathy, and hoping you find comfort in knowing we care and are near in thought today.

Rita Rocker, Director Govt Relations
Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles

April 15, 2014

Deputy Sheriff Mike Severson,

When you made your decision to enter law enforcement many years ago you became blessed:

For the Lord said, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." Matthew 5:9 ESV

When you and your partner, Deputy Sheriff Allen Albee, attempted to arrest a shooting suspect from another state back on April 19, 1991, nearly twenty-three years ago, you answered God's call to serve:

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, "Here am I! Send me." Isaiah 6:8 ESV

As a result, you were shot and subsequently died of your wounds on Monday, April 14, 2014. You sacrificed your life so that others might live and be protected. However, the Lord was not done with you at the time you were shot. For about twenty-three years thereafter, although paralyzed from the neck down, you ministered to others concerning your ordeal. Now, your work here is done and the Lord has called you home:

And the Lord said, "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13 ESV

I, along with your family, friends and comrades, will mourn your sacrifice and loss in the line of duty:

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." Matthew 5:4 ESV

Now go! Rise up! And do battle against evil as an angel for the Lord!

In God's merciful love,

Pastor Steven R. Closs
Retired Captain of Police, Nashua Police Department, Nashua, NH

April 15, 2014

So sorry for all you suffering RIP SIR SALUTE

Debbie
Citizen

April 15, 2014