friendship garden wall

“In appreciation to these employees and volunteers who have exemplified service above self through their dedication and commitment to the City of Erlanger.”

Bill J. Allen

Jerry Billiter

Tom Cahill Jr.

Charles W. Dickhaut

Mary Golatzki-Egan

Daniel Fern

Ben Gilbert

Julianne Harris

Phyllis Isaac

Mark Jolly

Jim Koch

John Layne

Mary E. McClure

Linda Newberry

Paul L. Ober Jr.

O.K. Price

Sue Robinson

Fred Scheben Sr.

Tim Thames

Troy Vines

Richard Wheelwright

Kenneth Yaden

Carol A. Ansari

Tony Beagle

Ralph Cook

Jackie Debruyn

Doug Eifert

Betty Margaret Fortner

Gus Gebhart

J.W. Haley

John Iott

Darryl Jouett

Gene Kessen

Paul Lageman

Diane Martin

Stewart E. Newhall

Marc T. Otto Sr.

Ray Price

Buddy Rembrandt

Andy Scheben Sr.

Anthony P. Thomas

Alonzo Victor Jr.

Glenn M. Wells

David Michael Antrobus

Rick Beatty

Ronald L. Crone

Kevin Davis

Chad Girdler

Rose Herzog

Wainwirght Kruse

Norm Lyle

Sandy Mulligan

Don Rainone

Darlene Schneider

Sherri Wind

Jeanne Brinkman

Albert Hilton

Vicki Kyle

Mike Leming

Vicki McMullen

Todd Rice

Larry Schneider

Woodie Woodward

Richard M. Brophy

Sherry D. Hoffman

Kim Klare

Justin Brinkman

Rose Marie Stambush

Diane Brown

Michael Steffen

Mark Stewart

Jeff W. Debruyn

James J. Eifert

Lee Frakes

Bill Gentry

Mark Haley

Andrew Ifcic

Jim Jomes

Mark Klocker

Tad Lainhart

Bill May

Ruey Newsom

Greg Pohlman

Lucy Rouse-Riffle

Bill Scheben

Deborah C. Trumble

James H. Viox III

Lois Wells

Earl Alcorn

Thomas Bailey

Jim Clifton

Virgil Day

Frank Edwards

Vic Fender

Joe Garera

Patricia A. Hahn

Mike Jansing

Jeffery P. Kennedy

Wilma R. LaBare

Mike Mann

Missy Pollard

Joyce Reis

Terry Sapp

Bob Tholemeier

Virginia Van Camp

Ed Webster

Frank Ash

Chris Beckman

Kathy Cahill

Frank Dehner

Dave Eifert

Patricia Frakes

Laura Gentry

John D. Harris

Philip Kloenne

Sue Lampke

Randy McMullen

Brian Robinson

Robert Schneider

Tony Wilson

Ollie Brown

Robert F. Hucker

Hubert Miller

Scott Reusing

Lisa Scheidt

Rhonda Wolfe

Carol Ann Butcher

Victor G. Huser

Roger Paul Moeller

Sue Robinson

William Schoborg

Dale Wilson

L.A. Butler

Jack Huff

James Molley

Todd D. Schulkers

Katherine M. Stephens

Patty Winston-Suedkamp

Joy Sullivan

Paul H. Swanson

David Smith

Craig Stewart

Mac McChesney

Corine Pitts

James Roberts

Fred Scheben Jr.

Chester A. Turner

James H. Viox Jr.

Sue Wells

J. Scott Abney

Carol Bailey

Henry F. Childress

Terry Davies

Garry A. Fender Sr.

Henry Gardener

David Hahn

John Kemp

Paul D. LaBare

William H. Mai

Pete Pettit

John Reis

Greg Sandel

Edward Taylor

Clayton M. Van Camp

Roger Wagner

Matt Allen

Richard J. Bohl

Paul Clark

John A. Domaschko

Earl Franks

Robert Gilham

Clyde Hawkins

Tim Koenig

Todd Lincoln

Kay Miller

Clyde L. Rouse

John Scheben Jr.

Fred Thomas

Russell N. Victor

Ray Whitson

Robert Arens

T.T. Bird

Phillip Clare

Joe Domaschko

Marc Fields

Edward Gilham

Frank Hauer

Tim Beetem

Keith Henry

Dave McQuerry

Garfield Sexton

Michael Bianchi

Tim Herrmann

Mary E. Moeller

Ralph Sexton

Tim Black

Bill Howard

Jeff Mosier

Dave Shadoan

Rick Bogard

Lisa Hume

Todd Mitchell

Bruce L. Smith

Kevin Brinkman

Ed Millican

Eric F. Smith

Jim Brophy

Monica Smith

Kevin Burke

Sylvan Smith

Randy Blankenship

Orville Sorrell

Ralph Sydnor

Darcy Koenig

Charles Lewis

Russell McClure

Frank Rose

Joe Scheben

Dave Vonderschmidt

Frank A. Wichmann

Terry J. Allen

Walter Bain

Plummer Clifton

Pete Debruyn

Fred Ficke

Dianna Gates

Paul D. Hahn

Jim Kennedy

Bob Lageman

Bill Martin

Marvin R. Releford

Andy Scheben Jr.

Jeanie Smith-Webster

Nancy Bolte

Pat Collura

Bob Douglas

Carolyn Fultz

Joe Goodrich

Larry Head

Ray Kordenbrock

Thomas G. Loos

Mac McMullen

Thomas L. Rouse

John Jack Scheben Sr.

Robert Joseph Williams

Barb Bowling

Steve Conley

Snorky Douba

Earl Franks

Patrick Gettys

Estelle Hegge

George Kreidler Jr.

Steve Lump Jr.

Gurney Mitchell

Paul Russell

Peter A. Scheben

Albert H. Wind III

Ervin Bramlage

Kevin Davis

Kevin Gilpin

Mike Heidrich

George Kreidler Sr.

Steve Lumpp Sr.

Malcom Morin

John Rust

Tony Scheben

Kathleen Wind

Elmer Brennen

John Dunhoft

Paul Gronefeld

Rick Herzog

Norman Kruse

Ken Luxenberger

Mike Mulligan

Leon Shake Ryle

William L. Scheyer

Rick Wind

Greg Brinkman

Bruce Suedkamp

Shawn Sims

Renee Skidmore

Jon Sterling

honoring those who helped forge erlanger

The City of Erlanger would like to recognize the many achievements and long service of Fire Chief John “Jack” Scheben.

In 1904, members of the Erlanger community decided it was time to form a fire department to protect the citizens and their property. One of those members was Andy Scheben Sr, the first Fire Chief of the Erlanger Fire Department (1904 – 1926). Following his father, Andy Scheben Jr. would assume the title of Fire Chief (1926-1958).

This brings us to Chief Jack Scheben, nephew of Andy Jr and grandson of Andy Sr. After starting as a volunteer with the department in 1946, he would be named Fire Chief from 1976 to 1988.

Chief Scheben was married to Edwina and a research chemist by trade which was beneficial to the fire department when dealing with hazardous material responses. He was always calm, well spoken and caring. He was a founding member of the Erlanger Historical Society and served as President for years. His love for the department was passed along to his family. His sons; John, Joe, Pete and Tony have all served with fire departments throughout Northern Kentucky including Erlanger Fire Department. Up until 2018, there was consistently a Scheben on the roster for Erlanger Fire/EMS since its formation.

In 1996, after 50 years of service, Chief Scheben was recognized as the National Volunteer Fire Council’s “Firefighter of the Year”. This is the top volunteer in all of the United States for that year. The same year, the City of Erlanger renamed a portion of Alice Street to Jack Scheben Drive (this is the location of the former Fire Station 2) in his honor. In 2003, he was named in the Erlanger Friendship Garden for his service to the city. In 2014, Chief Scheben was named one of only four members of the department throughout the years as a Lifetime Member of the department. His radio number, Assistant Chief number “76” was retired to honor his dedication. Chief Scheben was a member until his passing in 2018.

Biography provided by Erlanger Fire/EMS Department

For more information regarding the Friendship Garden Wall, please contact Sherry Hoffman at sherry.hoffman@cityoferlanger.com. For details on the criteria for being listed on the Friendship Garden Wall, click here.