MO Battalion Chief Dies after Battle with COVID-19
By Staff Report
Source St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Nov. 12—JEFFERSON COUNTY, MO — A 42-year veteran of the Cedar Hill Fire Protection District died earlier this month from COVID-19.
Battalion Chief Marvin Shaffrey, 55, died Nov. 2. A Facebook post on the district's page highlighted his award-winning career and his reputation as "an amazing mentor, friend, leader and role model."
His death is considered to be in the line of duty because he died of COVID-19. Shaffrey started as a junior firefighter at the age of 13.
The nonprofit Backstoppers, which provides help to the surviving family members of first responders who die on the job, has launched a fundraiser to help his wife and two daughters.
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