Earl F. DeMarse served in the U.S. Army for 3 years and 1 month. Earl served during the years of World War II.
Correctional Officer Earl DeMarse was stabbed to death by an inmate at the Marquette Branch Prison. The stabbing took place only 15 minutes into his shift at 6:15 a.m. The prisoner who stabbed him was sentenced to life in prison and transferred to a different facility, where he later stabbed and wounded another officer. Officer DeMarse was a United States Army Air Forces WWII veteran and had served with the Michigan Department of Corrections for 26 years. He was survived by his wife, daughter, son, two brothers, and a granddaughter. The Earl F. DeMarse Training Academy was named in his memory.
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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Correctional Officer DeMarse gave the Michigan Department of Corrections 26 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Michigan, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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