PRINTER'S NO. 3945
No. 535 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, WAUGH, PLATTS, NICKOL, B. SMITH AND
STETLER, OCTOBER 6, 1998
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 6, 1998
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the memory of Douglas L. Rohrbaugh, a lieutenant with
2 the Laurel Fire Company No. 1 of Windsor Township, York
3 County, who was killed while he directed traffic at an
4 accident in the township.
5 WHEREAS, Douglas L. Rohrbaugh, a lieutenant with the Laurel
6 Fire Company No. 1 of Windsor Township, York County, made the
7 ultimate sacrifice on June 26, 1998, when he lost his life while
8 directing traffic at an accident scene in the township; and
9 WHEREAS, Douglas L. Rohrbaugh was struck from behind by a
10 pickup truck that left the scene of the accident; and
11 WHEREAS, Douglas L. Rohrbaugh volunteered with the fire
12 company for 23 years, first as a firefighter, then as a fire
13 policeman and lastly as a lieutenant of the fire police at the
14 time of his death; and
15 WHEREAS, Douglas L. Rohrbaugh belonged to the York County and
16 Pennsylvania fire police associations and the Steamorama Club
17 and was a former Cub Scout leader and the chairman of Windsor
18 Days; and
1 WHEREAS, Douglas L. Rohrbaugh, 52 years of age, was a machine
2 operator at Primex Technologies in Red Lion Borough, York
3 County; and
4 WHEREAS, Douglas L. Rohrbaugh is survived by his three
5 children, Angie, Amanda and Gary, and his mother, Mary;
6 therefore be it
7 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the memory
8 of Douglas L. Rohrbaugh, a lieutenant with the Laurel Fire
9 Company No. 1 of Windsor Township, York County, who gave his
10 life in a most unselfish manner on June 26, 1998.
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