Ryan Hummert Memorial to Be Erected This Summer

On Wednesday the Maplewood Community Betterment Foundation (MCBF) presented a check for $1,576 to the Ryan Hummert Memorial Board of Directors.

Eric Dethlefsen (vice president of the memorial fund and fire fighter at Valley Park FPD) and Matt Syron (president) accepted the check from Patrick Jugo (president of the MCBF and president of JugoPlus Architects).

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One of the major goals of this fund is to build a monument in memory of fallen firefighter, Ryan Hummert in Ryan Hummert Park. The presentation took place at the parking lot of the park.

City Manager Marty Corcoran said there's now enough money in the fund to build the memorial, and it's out to bid. He said the memorial will go up this summer.

The fund also gives a $1,000 high school scholarship to a Rockwood Summit and Maplewood Richmond Heights senior. Hummert went to high school at Rockwood Summit.

It also gives three scholarships a year to the IHM paramedic program.

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