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• Memorial scheduled for tornado victims

  May 23, 2013 12:34 AM

  MOORE, OKLAHOMA - Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin announced Wednesday a memorial service will be held for the victims of the storm on at the First Baptist Church in Moore on Sunday. President Barack Obama is expected to visit the area that day as well. The Oklahoma Department of Insurance... more »

• President to speak at memorial service for fallen officers

  May 15, 2013 3:27 AM

  This morning, President Obama will speak at the 32nd Annual Peace Officers Memorial Service on Capitol Hill. It's a ceremony honoring law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty last year. President John F. Kennedy proclaimed May 15 a day to honor those men and women who made the... more »

• Hundreds Attend Emotional Memorial for Tom Clements Play Video

  March 25, 2013 3:01 PM

  Hundreds attended a memorial service Monday morning for slain Colorado Department of Corrections Director, Tom Clements. It was held at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs. Governor John Hickenlooper, colleagues from Missouri and Clements' wife, Lisa, were among the speakers at the emotional service. The memorial focused on... more »

• Memorial in Oklahoma planned for journalist Anthony Shadid

  February 21, 2012 8:53 PM

  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The family of Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Shadid will hold a memorial service for the late journalist next month in his hometown of Oklahoma City. The City of Oklahoma City said Tuesday the service planed by Shadid's family will be at 2 p.m. on March 3... more »

• More than 12,000 say farewell to Paterno

  January 27, 2012 3:30 AM

  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - A capacity crowd of more than 12,000 packed a Penn State arena for one more tribute to Joe Paterno, the Hall of Fame football coach who died Sunday at age 85 from lung cancer. There have been tears, laughter and rousing applause as Nitanny Lions players... more »

• Memorial service for 2 fallen soldiers at Fort Carson

  November 9, 2011 8:43 AM

  There will be a memorial on the Mountain Post today for two fallen soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fourth Infantry Division. Captain Joshua Lawrence and Captain Drew Russell will be remembered at 11:00 a.m. this morning at Fort Carson A rocket propelled grenade killed them both... more »

• Fallen Master Sergeant remembered as quiet, confident leader

  September 14, 2011 2:15 PM

  A memorial service for Master Sergeant Charles Price III just wrapped up at Fort Carson. MSG Price served with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. He was killed in Afghanistan last month. His soldiers describe him as soft spoken, but fearless. They say he was always able to... more »

• Remembering Sgt. Lex Lewis

  August 10, 2011 11:40 AM

  A memorial service for Staff Sgt. Lex Lewis will be held at 11 a.m. today at Fort Carson's Soldiers' Memorial Chapel. Sgt. Lewis was killed in action while serving in Afghanistan. He served with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. more »

• Fallen officers to be honored Friday

  May 18, 2011 7:25 PM

  On Friday, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office will host the 18th Annual Pikes Peak Region Peace Officers' Memorial Service. The service will be held at America the Beautiful Park, located at 126 Cimino Drive at 10:00 a.m. The memorial service honors the twenty seven Pikes Peak area peace... more »

• Hundreds fill NC church for Edwards' funeral

  December 11, 2010 2:27 PM

  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The funeral for Elizabeth Edwards has begun in a church filled with family, friends and others touched by her personal tragedies. The 61-year-old Edwards has been praised for her strength amid a series of challenges that included the death of a son, betrayal by her... more »

• Memorial service today for Colorado Springs fallen soldier

  August 31, 2010 8:38 AM

  Joint Base Lewis-McChord is holding a memorial service Tuesday for a Colorado soldier killed in Iraq. The Army says Sgt. Faith R. Hinkley of Colorado Springs died Aug. 7 in Baghdad of wounds suffered in an attack. She was assigned to the 502nd Military Intelligence Battalion of the... more »

• Update: "Law enforcement legend" was God's servant

  August 20, 2010 1:19 PM

  At today's memorial service John Ramsey talked about Lou Smit's integrity and faith in God and said Smit never stopped working on JonBenet's murder case. "I had the opportunity to visit Lou a few hours, shortly after he went into hospice and a week before he died," Ramsey told the... more »

• Durango dentist killed in Afghanistan remembered

  August 16, 2010 8:14 AM

  A Durango dentist who was among 10 medical volunteers killed in Afghanistan was remembered at a memorial service for his fascination with "The Simpsons" television show, the rice he made from an Afghan recipe and his impressive Scrabble vocabulary. Speakers at a Durango auditorium on Sunday also spoke of... more »

• Ft. Carson memorial service for fallen soldiers

  June 9, 2010 9:06 AM

  Fort Carson will hold a memorial service at 11:00 Wednesday morning for three fallen soldiers. The troops were killed in Afghanistan. Soldiers being memorialized are: Sgt. Grant A. Wichmann - 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Field Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Sgt. Nathan P. Kennedy -... more »

• 1,500 people attend service for Levi Patrick

  April 6, 2010 10:51 PM

  Determined. Leader. Christian. Those words are just a few of the many people used to describe Levi Patrick at a memorial service in his honor Tuesday afternoon at New Life Church in Colorado Springs. Patrick was a senior at Lewis-Palmer High School, a football captain, homecoming king, and member... more »

• Fort Carson remembers 5 at memorial service

  February 10, 2010 8:28 AM

  Fort Carson is honoring four of its soldiers and an Air Force airman who died last month while serving in Afghanistan. The memorial service Wednesday morning at the Army post is for four soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and an Air Force airman. They are... more »

• Fort Hood victims remembered

  November 10, 2009 6:12 PM

  One by one, President Barack Obama spoke the names and told the stories Tuesday of the 13 people slain in the Fort Hood shooting rampage, honoring their memories even as he denounced the "twisted logic" that led to their deaths. "No faith justifies these murderous and craven acts; no... more »

• Watch a live stream of the Fort Hood Memorial Service

  November 10, 2009 1:05 PM

  Click here to watch a live stream of the memorial service Some 15,000 people--military families and civilians-- are at Fort Hood, Texas, where victims of last week's shooting spree are being honored in a memorial service. President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak. Meanwhile, the soldier suspected... more »

• Remembering the Fallen

  October 4, 2009 9:06 PM

  Lt. Mike Smaldino with the Colorado Springs Fire Department says, “Even though they’re not part of our department, we still feel the loss just the same. It's just like losing one from sitting right next to you.” Sunday at the 28th annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial, four Colorado firefighters... more »

• Memorial date set in NY for slain Yale student

  September 21, 2009 1:16 PM

  A date has been set for a memorial service for slain Yale student Annie Le at her fiance's New York synagogue. Synagogue member Rich Pilatsky says the service will be Wednesday night at Temple Beth El in Huntington on Long Island. Temple leaders were to officiate at Le's wedding to... more »