Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO ALL WHO MOURN THE LOSS OF OFFICER BIRKHOLZ. MAY GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU WITH THE LOVE AND PEACE OF HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, JESUS CHRIST. OFFICER BIRKHOLZ, YOU HAVE SERVED WELL. MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. A HERO FOR SURE. MAY YOU NEVER BE FORGOTTEN FOR YOUR SACRIFICE AND MAY YOU REST IN PEACE. GOD BLESS.

CHIEF RONNIE WATFORD-RET.
JEFFERSON POLICE DEPT,SC

March 20, 2011

Brother you will be missed. Thank you for your service gone but surely not forgotten.

deputy Trevor Thiex
Burnett County Sheriffs Department

March 20, 2011

Just heard the news and so sorry. will be praying for you and your family

Donna

March 20, 2011

My heartfelt condolences go out to the family of Officer Birkholz. May you rest in peace now, you have served your community and department well. It is now time for you to walk the streets of heaven as you have done your time in hell.

Prayers to all Officers injured in this incident including K9 Brundle...I hope all will make a speedy recovery. This is an extremely sad day for all of us in Law Enforcement one that I never will forget.

Police Officer Chad Mielke
Sturgeon Bay Police Department

March 20, 2011

Matthew 5:9 - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God. Go in peace, Craig, your job here is done. You've fought the tough fight and were asked to patrol the streets of Heaven. You've paid the ultimate sacrifice and for that we thank you.

God Speed!

K9 Officer Nicholas Stroik
Arena Police Department, WI

March 20, 2011

Matthew 5:9 - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God. Go in peace, Craig, your job here is done. You've fought the tough fight and were asked to patrol the streets of Heaven. You've paid the ultimate sacrifice and for that we thank you.

God Speed!

K9 Officer Nicholas Stroik
Arena Police Department

March 20, 2011

Godspeed my brother. You will not be forgotten.

Lt Lara Vendola-Messer
Winnebago County Sheriff's Office

March 20, 2011

Our prayers and deepest sympathy to the family,friends and Officers of the Fond du Lac Police Department in the loss of Officer Craig Birkholz.
Rest in Peace, you will not be forgotten.
Respectfully submitted
Chief John Roelandts (retired)
Town of Oconomowoc Police
Deborah Roelandts (retired 911)
Oconomowoc Wisconsin

Chief John Roelandts (retired)
Town of Oconomowoc

March 20, 2011

Officer Birkolz made the ultimate sacrifice. May God be with you and your family as your brothers and sisters in Law Enforcement continue your fight to end evil.
Thank you Craig for everything you've done for us.
Rest in Peace my brother, Rest in Peace..

Lt.. Jody Crocker
Ashwaubenon Dept. of Public Safety

March 20, 2011

Thank you for your service and community dedication. God bless your family. Brother, we now have the watch.

Deputy R. L. Matthews NC
Father of Deputy C. Brian Matthews EOW 9-30-05

March 20, 2011

Thank you! Peace to your family and friends, you are a hero!

Kelly

March 20, 2011

Young Warrior RIP and to his family my deepest condolences.

Police Officer Retired Lori Palmer

March 20, 2011

From the 'Bixby Letter' written by President Abraham Lincoln

"Executive Mansion,
Washington, Nov. 21, 1864.

...... I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic (he) died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,

A. Lincoln"

M. Reuss Police Officer
Eagan Police Department MN

March 20, 2011

My heart and prayers are with the Birkholz family, friends, and the Fond Du Lac Police Department. Officer Birkholz, we are proud of you.

Deputy Probation Officer Melissa Keith
Riverside County Probation, CA

March 20, 2011

A great man has gone to secure a safe path for the rest of us to follow. Thank you to you, your family and the Fond do Lac Police Department. Rest in Peace Brother.

Chief Steven I. Marshall
Washington, NH. Police Dept.

March 20, 2011

Rest in Peace brother.

Deputy Nathan DeBoer
Rock County Sheriff's Office

March 20, 2011

The Police Officer's Prayer
to St. Michael
Police Officer's Prayer to St. Michael

Saint Michael, heaven's glorious commissioner of police,
who once so neatly and successfully cleared God's premises
of all its undesirables, look with kindly and professional
eyes on your earthly force.

Give us cool heads, stout hearts, and uncanny flair for
investigation and wise judgement.

Make us the terror of burglars, the friend of children and
law-abiding citizens, kind to strangers, polite to bores,
strict with law-breakers and impervious to temptations.

You know, Saint Michael, from your own experiences
with the devil that the police officer's lot on earth is not
always a happy one; but your sense of duty that so
pleased God, your hard knocks that so surprised the
devil, and your angelic self-control give us inspiration.

And when we lay down our night sticks, enroll us in your
heavenly force, where we will be as proud to guard the
throne of God as we have been to guard the city of all
the people. Amen.

Anonymous

March 20, 2011

Rest easy brother...

WI Deputy

March 20, 2011

My condolences go out to Craig's family. I worked with Craig while in Fort Drum, NY. He was a great soldier and an even better Non-Commisioned Officer. May he rest in peace.

Staff Sergeant Emmanuel Campos
US Army

March 20, 2011

God Bless and Godspeed.

Lisa
GEORGIA CIVILIAN

March 20, 2011

RIP Officer Craig Birkholz.MY sympathys to the Family and fellow officers. So young. Clark County,Mo

Christina Brookhart
Mother of Deputy Don McCutcheon EOW 2/8/2010

March 20, 2011

Our condolences to the family.

Anonymous

March 20, 2011

My thoughts and prayers are with the family. We love what what we do. Im sure Craig felt the same. Im also sure he would want us to wipe away the tears and continue the fight .

Officer AS Israel
Retired Dekalb County P.D. Decatur Ga.

March 20, 2011

Birky, may God keep you close and that of your family as well. I can think back to countless missions we were on in Iraq, and I remember your stories of Afghanistan as well. It's just not fair that you can be as battle tested as u r, and then go out this way. However, you were doing what you loved, and what you were placed on this earth to do, protect and serve. I love you Bro, watch over us all will ya? And as big of a Steelers fan you know I am...GO PACK !!!

WO1 Mike Stankovich
U.S. Army

March 20, 2011

My thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and co-workers of Officer Birkholz. NO word can ease this pain. Know that you are all being thought of during these hard times. NEVER FORGET

Nate Gallagher
Grant County Sheriff's Dept

March 20, 2011