Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

I salute you for your service as you left this earth on my birthday.

December 15, 2006

HI BILL,

SORRY I DIDNT' GET THIS TO YOU YESTERDAY, COMPUTER BREAK DOWN, BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, DAYS DON'T REALLY MATTER AS MUCH AS REMEMBERING; THIS I DO OF YOU SO OFTEN. NOT SURE WHY, BUT I HAVE ALWAYS HELD YOU RIGHT NEXT TO PHIL; WHENECER IN DC OR ANY OTHER MEMORIAL, THE LUMP IN MY THROAT BEGINS AT YOUR NAME AND ENDS WITH PHIL. THE TWO OF YOU ARE SO MUCH ALIKE AND THE LOVE FOR THE JOB DUPLICATED.

MAY I SHARE WITH YOU THIS 26TH YEAR OF YOUR ABSENCE, THAT MICHELLE AND I HAVE A CLOSENESS THAT I DON'T THINK THE TWO OF US TRUELY UNDERSTAND. IT'S LIKE SISTRS WITH A BOND DEEPER THAN BLOOD. I ATRIBUTE IT TO THE LIKENESS OF YOU AND PHIL.

SO AS THIS DAY ONCE AGAIN, COMES INTO MICHELLES HEART, WE ALL REMEMBER YOU AND REMEMBER HER. I ASK THAT PHIL CONTINUE TO GUIDE YOU THROUGHOUT THE FIELD OF ANGELS AS I WILL DO SO HERE WITH MICHELLE. TILL WE ALL MEET AGAIN.

DONNA

PS HI HONEY

DONNA LAMONACO W/81

July 13, 2006

Michelle,

Thank you for getting Denise, Carmen and I through an emotional week in D.C.
Our thanks to you and your mom and the other survivors during a difficult time for all of us.

Thank you for sharing your time with us and never leaving our side during the most difficult parts. I will always remember while walking up the Capitol lawn with tears in my eyes when the Zimmerman family was called, how I saw the faces of the Survivors of the Triangle smiling and waving their support and saying to myself, they have walked in our shoes. We can do this.

And thank you for the more lighthearted moments that we all shared. We needed that.

The tribute on Sat night with the other survivors was as heartful as all the other events we attended. Maybe even more so because of the closeness we all felt being our own Survivors of the Triangle and being the family that we have all become.

God Bless you for the wonderful job you do in helping those that come after you.

Love,
Vicki & Carmen

Vicki Petrelli
MIL of Trp Bertram Zimmerman EOW 2/05/04

June 17, 2005

Michelle,

I had the privilege of meeting you and your mother this past weekend in Washington D.C. during National Police Week. The two of you are a part of an all too large part of truly amazing women that I am so privileged to have met and gotten to know. This past weekend was a truly amazing and overwhelming experience that I will cherish for the rest of my life. I was truly touched to have been a part of the late night tribute on Saturday night paid to your husband and the other troopers who lost their lives doing a job they loved to do. It was heartouching to witness the emotions that were expressed after all of these years. In spite of your own sorrow and grief, you welcomed Gary and myself into your circle with open arms and we are eternally grateful. We will see you again next year.

Colleen Brandt
Proud Wife of a NJ State Trooper

Colleen Brandt
Proud Wife of a NJ State Trooper

May 16, 2005

TO: The family; loved ones; friends and department members: A POLICE OFFICER’S PRAYER:--- O, gentle Lord ! Keep the day/night watch with me. As I begin my tour of duty, I ask your protection from all mental, physical and spiritual harm. Sustain me with the knowledge that I am doing your work, endeavoring to keep peace among your people. Help me to be just as I enforce the law without prejudice or favor to anyone. May I be courageous but not reckless in carrying out my duties. Let me respond to all calls with haste realizing that so many are dependent upon me for life and safety. Support me with your consoling power when I am tempted to think no one really cares and that I am taken for granted. Sustain in me the conviction that so many thousands do care and are grateful for my presence. Grant that I may be loyal to my partner and my fellow officers, and that I may back them up effectively when called upon for assistance. Lord, I ask that I may return safely, after my tour of duty, to my loved ones and those who love me. I pray that I may be a good and honorable police officer; and after my tour of duty is over here on earth, may I enjoy the peace and happiness of heaven that you have promised to those who serve you well. AMEN. *** REST IN PEACE *** Sent to you by the father of Master Officer J.D.Koeppen, Capital City Raleigh North Carolina; Trooper D.C.Koeppen, New Jersey State Police and Cadet Officer A.M.Koeppen, Wilmington North Carolina.

Chief (retired ) Douglas A. Koeppen
Washington New Jersey

October 1, 2004

Billy.....Though you were taken from this world entirely too soon, your presence in our lives will never be forgotten. Those who knew you, no matter how briefly, will forever be changed for the better. Ther New Jersey State Police was made better by your membership in it and the people of New Jersey were safer because of you. You have not been,and never will be, forgotten.

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