Captain's Articles and Misc

Articles & Misc.

Song: " I Grieve " by Peter Gabriel

My mentor, and father figure, Lou Strasser

04-19-1926 - 03-17-2011

Click here: Lou and here: guestbook

Click here to go to the memorial for Michael Kovach

Click here to view newspaper clipping of the Constables and then Lt. Kovach

and to see more pictures from 1986 after graduation

R.I.P. Gerald Wright - June 29, 2009

In honor of Jerry's memory, I am posting some things here - more to follow.

Letter to Jerry in regard to accepting a position as a Special Police Officer - 1967:

All Constables had to complete a mandatory 480 hour course to become certified.

Classes started in the Spring of 1984 and we graduated April 23, 1986.

We went on the average 2 to 3 nights a week for the classroom portion of the training.

The picture below is from the local newspaper, dated May 14, 1986, showing the

new police graduates, including our coordinator then LT. Michael Kovach. His son

Rich is on the bottom row in the middle. Yours Truly is top row, far right:

Below are some pictures my mom took at graduation. Her camera was not working too well.

And some pictures taken at HQ at the same time as the picture above in the newspaper.

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or click here to go to memorial for Captain Kovach

Connecticut Post Article regarding Jerry's retirement from the Police Department

Picture taken 04-03-2001 at Police HQ after Jerry's retirement ceremony

Cappy - Kathie - Jerry

R.I.P. Cappy 11-21-1926 - 08-01-2011

Memorial Day 2004

MEMORIAL SERVICE July 11, 2009

SOME PICTURES TAKEN WITH A CELL PHONE

A beautiful ceremony with the Stratford Police Honor Guard,

Bag Piper (Art Gallant), and a bugle player who sounded TAPS.

I hope to add more memorabilia in the near future.

REST IN PEACE MY DEAR FRIEND

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R.I.P.

Retired Captain Michael R. Kovach

May 3, 1936 - December 31, 2010

Below are the 2 sides of the Mass/Funeral card

Gravesite - late afternoon January 4, 2011

Guest Book Entries

Below is a picture of Mike and his son, Rich, taken May 2010

at Police Memorial Day in Stamford, CT

Rest in Peace, Good Friend

I Grieve by Peter Grabriel

It was only one hour ago
It was all so different then
Nothing yet has really sunk in
Looks like it always did
This flesh and bone
It's just the way that we are tied in
But there's noone home
I grieve...
for you
You leave...
Me
So hard to move on
Still loving what's gone
Said life carries on...
Carries on and on and on...
And on
The news that truely shocks
is the empty, empty page
While the final rattle rocks
Its empty, empty cage...
And I can't handle this
I grieve...
For you
You leave...
Me
Let it out and move on
Missing what's gone
Said life carries on...
I said life carries on and on...
And on
Life carries on in the people I meet
In every one that's out on the street
In all the dogs and cats
In the flies and rats
the rot and the rust
In the ashes and the dust
Life carries on and on and on...
And on
Life carries on and on and on...
Life carries on and on and on...
And on
Life carries on and on and on...
Just the car that we ride in
The home we reside in
The face that we hide in
The way we are tied in
As life carries on and on and on...
And on
Life carries on and on and on...
Did I dream this belief
Or did I believe this dream
How I will find relief
I grieve...