Greene County 100 Club
100 clubs have formed all across the country since the first one was created in Detroit in 1952. After the fatal shooting of a Detroit police officer 100 community members pooled donations to help support the officer’s widow and her unborn child. In Greene County we are fortunate that these incidents are relatively rare. Tragically there have been five law enforcement/firefighters killed in Greene County in recent years.
On Saturday, October 6, 2007 Deputy Sheriff Gary McCormack was killed in an automobile accident at the intersection of Farm Road 145 and Highway WW, while responding to the scene of another accident.
Gary McCormack
On Saturday, August 2, 2008 Monte Ruby, a commissioned law enforcement officer working security at Cox Hospital was brutally attacked as he assisted Springfield Police Officers in the treatment of a criminal at Cox Hospital. Mr. Ruby died August 6 from the injuries sustained in that attack.
Monty Ruby
On Friday, September 7, 2018 Greene County Sheriff Deputy Aaron Roberts died in the line of duty after fast-rising floodwaters swept his patrol vehicle off of a bridge near Fair Grove, MO.
Aaron Roberts
On Sunday, March 15, 2020 Springfield Police Officer Chris Walsh was shot and killed as he and another officer confronted an active shooter at a convenience store at 2885 E Chestnut Expressway.
Chris Walsh
On Friday, March 18, 2022, Firefighter Dustin Brandhorst was responding to a structure fire in a water tender when the apparatus he was driving overturned. Firefighter Brandhorst was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Dustin Brandhorst
Detention Officer Dwight Willis died as a result of complications after contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among employees and inmates at the Greene County Jail. He was a 19 year veteran of the Greene County Jail.
In all of these tragic cases the Greene County 100 Club was able to provide financial support to assist these families. Our vision is to continue this type of support and to expand to include more resource for supporting our local area fire and law enforcement personnel.