Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest In Peace

Sergeant Jesse Salomon (retired)
Gary Indiana Police Department

February 4, 2022

Det. Gunther,
On today, the 100th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of Gary. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

September 16, 2021

Rest in peace and know that no passage of time will ever erase your service and sacrifice.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)

September 16, 2020

NEVER FORGOTTEN!
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Monica Zahasky
Cops Cycling for Survivors

September 16, 2017

Thank you for making the ultimate sacrifice in order to keep others safe from harm. Though it's been 94 years, you sir are not forgotten here at the GPD.

Corporal Douglas Drummond
Gary Police Department

September 16, 2015

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

Marshal Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

July 6, 2014

Rest in Peace, Detective Gunther. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

February 17, 2013

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 89th anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer. I am sure that you are proud that your family members continued your legacy of protecting and serving.

Rest In Peace

Phyllis Loya

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater

September 16, 2010

A police officer is never forgotten. You will be rememembered in the history of the police department so that your sacrifice will not be forgotten dispite the years that have passed.

Wally DeRose
GPD retired

May 8, 2008

DETECTIVE GUNTHER, MANY YEARS HAS PAST SINCE YOU MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. BUT YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. A HERO IS NEVER FORGOTTEN. MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. YOU HAVE SERVED WELL. MAY YOU REST IN PEACE.

CHIEF RONNIE WATFORD-RET.
JEFFERSON POLICE DEPT,S.C.

September 16, 2007

I never met you, but I have been proud to serve as you did. You left behind three loving daughters and a wife. Your youngest daughter Margaret grew up to be the sweetest woman. She always had a strong sense of right and wrong, though she was only a little girl at the time you were taken, I think she always missed you. She instilled in me a strong moral sense and a dedication to serving others. Because of you in a way, I am who and what I am today. Margaret your daughter, was my grandmother. I am proud of my family and in knowing that you, my great-grandfather died in the line of duty, doing what you thought was best. It has been hard getting to know you so many years away from your time. You were the first officer to die in the line of duty in Gary, IN. I know you were a detective and died while investigating a burglary. The burglar was hiding behind the door as you entered the house and shot you in the back. Painfully, he was never found, there has never been justice for you. I hope you are as proud of me as I am of you. I will continue to come to the Police memorial, so at least one person knows who you were and what you died for. Rest in Peace.

Michael J. DeMik
U.S. Department of Justice