Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest In Peace…

Retired Detective
Syracuse Police Dept, NY

August 25, 2021

RIP Detective Widner. Thank you for your service to the citizens of Paris

Sergeant Darren Weisse
Tufts University Police

August 25, 2021

Rest in Peace my Brother in Arms

Anrae G Godley-Cooper
U.S. Army Military Police

August 24, 2021

On behalf of POINT 27, we would like to offer condolences for Detective Manuel “Chris” Widner. Please know we are eternally grateful for Manuel’s service and his ultimate sacrifice.

To honor Detective Widner, POINT 27 sent 27 Thin Blue Line Dog Tag Necklaces, engraved with “Blessed are the Peacemakers for they will be called children of God” Matthew 5:9, to the Paris Police Department in Paris,
Texas for Manuel’s partner and fellow officers. POINT 27 sent a Folded Flag Necklace engraved with “Greater Love has no one than this; than to lay down one’s life for one’s friend” John 15:13 for Detective Manuel “Chris” Widner’s wife.

POINT 27 is a Non-Profit organization with a mission to strengthen and encourage members of the Armed Forces, First Responders, and their families, by sharing scripture on Dog Tags and Jewelry called Shields of Strength.

We will never forget and we are forever grateful.

Respectfully,

Colonel David Dodd,
United States Army Retired
Executive Director-POINT 27

Detective Jerry M. Rhodes (Retired)
Dallas Police Department-Reserve Division
POINT 27 National Outreach Coordinator
Law Enforcement Liaison
[email protected]
214-908-2617

Detective Jerry M. Rhodes (Retired)
Dallas Police Department Reserve Division
POINT 27- National Out Reach Coordinator
Law Enforcement Liaison

August 24, 2021

Chris, you were a good friend and a great officer. We all miss you but we will see each other again one sweet day.

Rest easy brother
We got it from here

K9 Officer Jeff Padier
Paris Police Department

August 24, 2021

A police officer should be remembered not by how he died but how he lived! 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 Paris Police Department. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

August 24, 2021

deepest condolences to the officer's family and friends

Randal Glenn
Canada Border Services Officer retired

August 24, 2021

R.I.P Detective Chris Widner

Brian Molyneaux
Citizen

August 24, 2021

Rest in peace, Detective Widner. You deserve your divine reward.

May God comfort your family, friends, and fellow officers at this difficult time.

God bless and protect the Thin Blue Line that protects us all.

Private Citizen Kathryn Felts
Mother of & Family Member of Law Enforcement

August 24, 2021

“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
Matthew 5:9

Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

August 24, 2021

I am sad to learn of the passing of a Brother and Hero in Detective Manuel "Chris" Widner. I believe our Heavenly Father has welcomed him home into his loving arms where he will now patrol the Golden Streets of Heaven. May the Lord deliver Blessings, Comfort and Peace to his Family, Friends and all Members of the Paris Police Department, Texas.

Retired, T W Martinez
FOP member
State of New Mexico/JJS

August 24, 2021

We are grateful for those who made the decision to continue to serve during this pandemic. Detective Widner’s sacrifice will not be forgotten. I am praying for the family, friends and coworkers of Detective Widner. I am truly sorry for your loss.

Deborah C.
Wife, Mother, Aunt of LEOs
Maryland

August 24, 2021

Rest In Peace Detective Widner. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with the Widner Family and the Paris Police Department.

Cpl. Gary Hughes (Retired)
Passaic County Sheriff's Office New Jersey

August 24, 2021

Rest in Peace Detective Manuel "Chris" Widner! Thank you for your 11 years of service with the Paris Police Department in Texas. We are all thankful to you for your service, your devotion and your sacrifices, and also to your family and friends for their sacrifices. Our hearts break for your wife and your son during this tragedy, and we want them to know that you will never be forgotten! Our thoughts and Prayers go out to the rest of your family and to all of your sisters and brothers in Blue that protect us. God bless you all!! (Matthew5:9)

Kelly & Eddie King

August 24, 2021

Hero never forgotten. Prayers to family blood and blue.

BLR
Retired Texas dispatcher

August 24, 2021

may HIS light shine perpetual upon his face

Chief Jim Allen (retired)
Mobile County Child Support

August 24, 2021

RIP Brother

Robert Sillmon
Randolph County Sheriff's Office (retired)

August 24, 2021

Rest in Peace Detective Widner. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and Prayers go out to your family, coworkers and friends.

Lieutenant Robert T. Mote (ret)
Buena Park, CA Police Department

August 24, 2021

Good bless you Officer Manuel Widner, for your service and sacrifice. Thoughts and prayers go out to your family and friends, and to your brothers and sisters from the Paris Police Department. Rest in Peace Brother.

Officer Jim Drabos (Retired)
San Gabriel (CA) Police Department

August 24, 2021

Psalm 15
God bless.
Rest in peace brother.

Sgt. Paul Schanno
Minnesota Dept. of Corrections MCF-Stillwater

August 24, 2021

Heavenly Father, You commit to us the swift and solemn trust of life: since we know not what a day may bring forth, but only that the hour for serving You is always present, may we wake to the instant claims of Your will upon our lives. In the face of questions without answers, of dreams unfulfilled, of the emptiness that will not go away, we are only compelled to thank You always for lives faithfully lived, for good memories and living hopes. We are reminded as we pray for family and friends who are touched with the feeling of sorrow, that we pray to one who does not let go unnoticed even the falling of a sparrow to earth. We pray to one who weeps for his world, and therefore we come trusting that in life or death, we may find rest and comfort in Him. In Christ Jesus, I pray. Amen

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, D.Div, MSBS, BSBS, NCCA
Ordained / Licensed Independent Christian Clergy
Associate Pastor – United National Church
The Peacemakers Prayer Ministry
Merrimack, NH 03054

Captain Steven R. Closs (Ret)
Nashua NH Police Department

August 24, 2021