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    [ff_id] => 2045
    [first_name] => David
    [nickname] => 
    [middle_name] => George
    [last_name] => Crothers
    [category] => 
    [employment] => Career (Full Time)
    [rank] => Captain
    [birth_date] => 1947-05-30
    [joined_date] => 1968
    [death_date] => 2019-06-16
    [funeral_date] => 2019-06-21
    [cemetary] => Owen Sound
    [age] => 72
    [department] => Owen Sound Fire & Emergency Services
    [station] => 
    [city] => Owen Sound
    [province] => ON
    [incident_location] => 
    [incident_province] => ON
    [cause] => Work Related Illness - Pancreatic Cancer
    [circumstances] => 
    [url] => 
    [other] => 
    [wsib_rec_date] => 
    [date_entered] => 2025-04-13 15:01:25
    [source] => 
    [note] => 31286696(ON)
    [ceremony] => 2025
    [photo] => Crothers_Dave.jpg
    [panel_number] => 18
    [story_EN] => 
David George Crothers May 30, 1947 to June 16, 2019

Dave carried on the family tradition starting his firefighting career as a volunteer firefighter in Wingham, Ontario and then was hired to the Owen Sound City Fire Department in 1974. After retiring in 2001 he joined the Inter-Township Fire Department for Georgian Bluffs, ON retiring in 2011 after rising to the ranks of Deputy Chief. 

    [story_FR] => 
David George Crothers May 30, 1947 to June 16, 2019

Dave carried on the family tradition starting his firefighting career as a volunteer firefighter in Wingham, Ontario and then was hired to the Owen Sound City Fire Department in 1974. After retiring in 2001 he joined the Inter-Township Fire Department for Georgian Bluffs, ON retiring in 2011 after rising to the ranks of Deputy Chief. 

    [is_live] => 1
    [dod] => 2019-06-16
)