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Family, Patrol Mourn Corporal Dennis E. Engelhard
An estimated 550 family members, coworkers, and friends mourned the loss of Missouri State Highway Patrol Corporal Dennis E. Engelhard at a funeral service on Wednesday, December 30, 2009. Services took place at 2 p.m. at the Park Baptist Church in Brookfield, MO.
The service paid tribute to Cpl. Engelhard with a slide presentation and stories shared by family members and coworkers. A solo bagpiper played as part of the service after Colonel James F. Keathley, superintendent of the Patrol, presented a Missouri flag to the Engelhard family. The lonely notes of "Taps" played during the recessional. All law enforcement officers stood at attention for a final radio call of 10-42, to mark the end of Cpl. Engelhard's watch.
Cpl. Engelhard served the citizens of Missouri his entire career. Previously, he had worked as a paramedic in Kirksville and Springfield, and had worked as a flight paramedic for Cox Air Care in Springfield. Cpl. Engelhard began his career with the Missouri State Highway Patrol in 2000, as a member of the 77th Recruit Class.
Cpl. Engelhard, 49, of St. Louis, was struck by a vehicle and killed on Friday, December 25, 2009, while working a non-injury traffic crash on Interstate 44 east of Eureka, near St. Louis. He is the 28th member of the Missouri State Highway Patrol to make the ultimate sacrifice while serving and protecting the citizens of this state.
Memorial contributions may be made to The MASTERS (Missouri Association of State Troopers Emergency Relief Society) or Christ Church Cathedral, through the Wright-Baker-Hill Funeral Home, PO Box 496, Brookfield, MO 64628.
Law enforcement officers from around the state and country were in attendance to pay tribute to Corporal Dennis E. Engelhard at Park Baptist Church in Brookfield, MO. on December 30, 2009
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