Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

RIP Brother. God Bless...

OFC Carlos Selvi
Balto. Co. P.D.

January 27, 2019

Rest easy Brother. Prayers for family, friends and coworkers.

Career Officer (Ret.) Victor Agosto
Chesterfield County Police (Va.)

January 27, 2019

On behalf of the Klamath County Sheriff's Office in Klamath Falls Oregon, we send our sincerest sympathy in the recent loss of your Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal, Norman Merkel, from complications after participating in his agency's wellness program. It is always a huge loss when a fellow Deputy U.S. Marshal succumbs after a training exercise. His bravery and courage to protect and serve your community has not gone unnoticed. Also our thoughts and prayers to the McIntosh County Sheriff's Office where Supervisory Deputy Merkel had previously served and for his service as a United States Army Veteran.

Sheriff Chris Kaber
Klamath County Sheriff's Office

January 26, 2019

Rest in peace Brother!

S/FL DUSM
United States Marshal Service

January 26, 2019

Marshal Merkel,

May you rest in the arms of God and may God be with your family.

Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

Det. Russ Cain
Pittsburgh PD

January 25, 2019

Rest in peace Marshal Merkel!
You will not be forgotten!

Willie Bell
Friend Of All Law Enforcement Officers!

January 25, 2019

First of all my heart goes out to the family of supervisory Marshall Merkle .
Heart disease kills as dead as a bullet. And it's silent as a sniper. You have jobs where the stress goes from 0-150 in a second and the adrenaline dumps in the blood and the heart goes BOOM, BOOM like a machine gun. You cops have to take of yourselves. Stop dying at 45 or 50.

CO Ted Carr (ret), Colorado Dept. of Corrections, Texas Dept. of Corrections TDCJID

January 25, 2019

Thank you for your service.

Dmytro Goloborodko

January 24, 2019

Rest in peace brother.

Detective Stephen Trejo
Donna I.S.D Police Dept. Tx

January 24, 2019

Rest in peace brother. Thank you for your service and dedication.

Cpl. M. Davis #2614
Prince George's County Police Department

January 24, 2019

On behalf of POINT 27, we would like to offer condolences for Deputy US Marshal Norman Merkel. Please know we are eternally grateful for Norman’s service and his ultimate sacrifice.

To honor Deputy Marshal Merkel, POINT 27 sent 27 Thin Blue Line Dog Tag Necklaces, engraved with “Blessed are the Peacemakers for they will be called children of God” Matthew 5:9, to the US Marshal’s Office in Houston, Texas for Norman’s partner and fellow Marshals. POINT 27 sent Folded Flag Necklaces engraved with “Greater Love has no one than this; than to lay down one’s life for one’s friend” John 15:13 for Deputy Marshal Merkel's family.

POINT 27 is a Non-Profit organization with a mission to strengthen and encourage members of the Armed Forces, First Responders, and their families, by sharing scripture on Dog Tags and Jewelry called Shields of Strength.

We will never forget and we are forever grateful.

Respectfully,

Colonel David Dodd,
United States Army Retired
POINT 27

Jerry M. Rhodes
Detective, Dallas Police Department Retired
Law Enforcement Outreach
POINT 27

Detective Jerry M. Rhodes (Retired)
Dallas Police Department
POINT 27- a Law Enforcement Liaison

January 24, 2019

I am sorry for your loss to the Family, Fellow Officers, and Friends. I will keep all of you in my prayers. RIP.

Frank J. Corasaniti II, Ret. Fire Lt., Baltimore City Fire Department.

January 23, 2019

The National Police Wives Association would like to extend their heartfelt prayers to the family of Deputy Marshal Merkel and the United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service during this time. Thank you, Deputy Marshal Merkel, for your service.

National Police Wives Association

January 23, 2019

Thank you for your service. Prayers for your Family & Department.

Sergeant Monica Veney
Baltimore City Police Department

January 23, 2019

Thank you for your service United States Marshall Merkel. May the Peace of Jesus be with you and your family now and forever. Salute, good sir.

Father of Sgt. Robert Goodwin MNPD

January 23, 2019

Supervisory US Deputy Marshal Markell, So sorry to hear about your LODD. Thank you for your service in the military and to the citizens that you served and protected. You will be missed but not forgotten. May GOD bless you and your family (Blood & Blue) abundantly. Rest In Peace Brother!!!

Sgt. (Ret) Steve Davis
Maricopa County S.O.

January 23, 2019

RIP OFFICER. NO MORE PAIN N SUFFERING. AMEN!

FIREMAN / FIRST RESPONDER RET. Don Fuchs
BROOKPARK, MINNESOTA

January 23, 2019

Rest in Peace Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Merkel. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and Prayers go out to your family, coworkers and friends.

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

January 23, 2019

We will pray for your families comfort.

Artificial goals or PT benchmarks are killing too many brave LEOs.

Lt. John Harasek (retired)
U.S.P.P.

January 23, 2019

On behalf of Moms Back the Blue of the St. Louis County Police Family Association, we offer our heartfelt condolences to the family (blood and blue) and friends of Supervisory Deputy US Marshal Merkel.
We will be forever indebted to you for your selfless service and sacrifice.
Always Honored; Never Forgotten

Proud Moms from
Moms Back the Blue of the
St. Louis County Police Family Association

January 23, 2019

Rest in peace Brother.....My thoughts are with your family, friends and the members of the USMS during this most difficult and tragic time....

Lieutenant Joseph Ward
Jackson PD

January 23, 2019

Rest in Peace Deputy Merkel

We'll hold the line.

January 23, 2019

Rest easy my Brother. May your memory and sacrifice never fade.

Retired Deputy .
Santa Fe County Sheriff NM

January 22, 2019

Norm, you were one great guy and I had the upmost respect for you. I will miss you brother...

To your family, I offer my sincerest condolences and pray for you to find solace in the fact that Norm is in a better place now. Also, know that he left this world better off than he found it.

Rip Norm...

Fmr. Sgt. Jeff Grason
Victoria County Sheriff's Office

January 22, 2019

Lord God, our hearts and prayers go out to the United States Marshals Service and for the family, friends, and colleagues of Supervisory Deputy Marshal Norman Merkel, of the United States Marshals Service, who died in the Line-of-Duty on Wednesday, January 16, 2019. Father God, have mercy on us and their souls. Rest easy my Brother-in-Blue. We will take it from here! End of Watch: Wednesday, January 16, 2019. Now, join the Lord and rejoice in Paradise! God speed! Amen.

“Blessed are those who mourn. They will be comforted.” [Matthew 5:4]
“Blessed are those who make peace. They will be called God’s children.” [Matthew 5:9]
“The greatest love you can show is to give your life for your friends.” [John 15:13]

Pastor Steven R. Closs, D. Div.
Ordained and Licensed as an Independent Evangelical Christian Minister
Member of the National Association of Christian Ministers
The Steven R. Closs Ministries
Merrimack, NH 03054

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, D. Div.
Nashua Police Department
Panther Drive
Nashua, NH 03061

January 22, 2019