Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest sweetly now brother and thank you for your service. Your valiant heroism on 9-11 will always be remembered. Officer von Seydowitz, your life mattered.

Sgt. Barbara Johnson
LAPD retired

February 12, 2020

I am sad to learn of the passing of a Brother and Hero in Police Officer Matthew S. von Seydewitz. I know our Heavenly Father has welcomed him home into his loving arms where he will now patrol the Golden Streets of Heaven. May the Lord deliver blessings, comfort and peace to his family, friends and all members of the New York City Police Department, New York.

Retired, T W Martinez
FOP member
State of New Mexico/JJS

February 12, 2020

Rest in peace hero.

J.R.

February 12, 2020

R.I.P Officer MATTHEW S. VON SEYDEWITZ

Brian Molyneaux
Citizen

February 12, 2020

Rest in peace brother. You are a true hero.

Deputy Jamie Davis (Retired) Pittsylvania County Sheriffs Office, Retired Pittsylvania County Virginia

February 12, 2020

Thank you for your service, brother. RIP.

Lieutenant Brian J. Wills II
Oswego County Sheriff's Office
New York

February 12, 2020

Rest in Peace Brother Von Seydewitz. You will not be forgotten.

Officer Sandra Rapey
Lindenhurst Police Department - Illinois

February 12, 2020

Rest in Peace, good and faithful servant.
God has already reserved a special place
for our protectors.
Please continue your watch over us.


Thank you for your service!
Thank you for your protection!

Our prayers to the family and department.

Charles F. Holloway, Jr.
Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association
Elizabethtown Police Department

February 12, 2020

Rest, brother.

Sgt Steve Headley
Mishawaka, IN police

February 12, 2020

Rest in peace brother, we have the watch now. Thank you for your service, dedication, and courage on that fateful day, your sacrifice and example will live on in history showing us what a true hero looks like. God bless the family, friends, and former co-workers of Officer von Seydewitz during this time of tragic and painful loss.

Sgt Donnie Meaders
Wetumka (OK) Police Department

February 12, 2020

Hero never forgotten. Prayers to family blood and blue

BLR
Retired telecommunicator

February 12, 2020

Sorry for this Hero gone to soon.
R.I.P

G P P D. C565

February 12, 2020

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 New York City Police Department. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

February 12, 2020

God bless you Officer Matthew S. Von Seydewitz for your service and sacrifice. Thoughts and prayers go out to your family and friends, and to your brothers and sisters from the New York Police Department. Rest in Peace Brother.

Officer Jim Drabos (Retired)
San Gabriel (CA) Police Department

February 12, 2020

Thank you Officer von Seydewitz for your hard work and dedication and for paying the ultimate sacrifice for the fine folks in the great state of New York. 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...

Sergeant Mitchell G. Cheselka (Retired)
Orange County Sheriff, California
Polk County Sheriff, Oregon

February 12, 2020

I am so sorry for your loss

Jacquie Rebel survivor

February 12, 2020

Rest in Peace Officer von Seydewitz. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with the von Seydewitz Family and the NYPD.

Cpl. Gary Hughes (Retired)
Passaic County Sheriff's Office New Jersey

February 11, 2020

God rest his soul.

Sgt. Robert A. Henne
Jersey City PD/Retired

February 11, 2020

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

Marshal Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

February 11, 2020

My family and I would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and fellow co-workers of Police Officer Matthew S. von Seydewitz during this difficult time. May they find comfort and support from those around them. May happy moments from the past bring forth precious memories to cherish for a lifetime. May God help heal their aching hearts. Thank you for your service and may you rest in peace Police Officer Matthew S. von Seydewitz.

Gail M. Pabst
Aunt of fallen Detroit Police Officer Jennifer Fettig eow 2/16/04

February 11, 2020

Rest In Peace...

Retired Detective
Syracuse Police Dept, NY

February 11, 2020

On behalf of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, our thoughts and prayers are with the immediate family of Police Officer Matthew S. von Seydewitz and the extended law enforcement family of the New York City Police Department, New York.


End of Watch Monday, January 27, 2020.


Rest in Peace brother and watch over us. We will protect and serve from here on in your honor.

I fight not for glory or fame, for they are momentary. I fight for those who can't. I fight for Justice. I fight for the oppressed and the down trodden. And if I should lose my life for these just causes, then I have no regrets, For I serve to protect the innocent. It matters not where or when, for evil knows no boundaries. Be it fire, flood, or the threat of tyranny, I will not flee. Justice is my weapon. Faith is my shield. Hope is my armor. Cry not at my passing, for it was my Honor to fight for you. Shed not tears of sorrow, But tears of joy, for now, I stand with God.

By Jon F. Hooper

"Greater love hath no man than this; that a man lay down his life for his friends."

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation

February 11, 2020

Rest In Peace Brother in Blue. Thank you Hero for your courage, sacrifice and service. Thoughts and prayers for your family, friends and brothers/sisters in blue.

Officer Mike Robinson (Ret.)
Upland Police Dept. CA

February 11, 2020

Faithful Unto Death | Eternal Rest | Salute

S. I. Drake - Lt/IPD | IMPD (Ret)

February 10, 2020

God of Justice, You are always faithful and quick to show mercy. Our Brother-in-Blue, Police Officer Matthew S. Von Seydewitz, of the New York City, New York Police Department, was taken from us on Monday, January 27, 2020. He died as the result of cancer that he developed following his assignment to the search and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site following the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001. Come swiftly to his aid, have mercy on him, and comfort his family, friends, colleagues by the power and protection of the Cross. We ask this in the mighty and holy name of Jesus, the Christ, Amen.
Jesus Christ taught:

“There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” [John 15:13 NLT]

“God blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” [Matthew 5:4 NLT]

Police Chaplain Steven Robert Closs, DDiv, MSBS, NCCA, NACM
The Peacemakers Prayer Ministry
The Steven R. Closs Prayer Ministries
Merrimack, NH 03054
Chartered by the National Association of Christian Ministers

Captain Steven R. Closs (Retired)
Nashua NH Police Department

February 10, 2020