Assistant Fire Chief Mike Kilpatrick, 58, a veteran of over 30 years, was on stand-by with Chief Terry Stapleton at the Stone Bank FD while it and other departments fought a five-alarm fire at an unfinished condominium development in downtown Okauchee.
An ambulance with three EMTs from Lisbon FD, also on standby, rushed to the aid of Kilpatrick and he was transported to Oconomowoc Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
According to Training Officer Bill McBroom, Kilpatrick had recently retired from the Naga-Waukee Golf Club where he was head of maintenance. He is survived by his wife and three adult children.
McBroom said Kilpatrick received his initial firefighter training in the military. He was fond of telling how his honeymoon hotel became a free stay after he helped put out a kitchen fire while there.
The department is west of Milwaukee.
Funeral Information
The visitation is Monday, from 3:00-8:00 p.m. at the Evert-Luko Funeral Home in Hartland. The funeral will be Tuesday, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Clare's Church in North Lake.
The North Lake FD has asked that any department that would like to send a piece of apparatus to the funeral service meet at the North Lake Firehouse by 9:00 a.m. Any units that come for the funeral will be parked side by side along the procession route with lights on.
The church is close to the firehouse so those bringing rigs will have plenty of time to get back to their rigs to light them up. There will also be time allowed for those who want to go to the cemetery which is a mile away.
For directions, E-mail Bill McBroom at [email protected] or call 262-966-3886.
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