In memory of

Bruce E. Mettler

1983

Killed that day
December 9, 1983, aged 37

Their life

Deputy Sheriff Bruce Mettler, Sergeant Robert Rigoni of the Port Clinton Police Department, and Dispatcher Michael Sweeney of the Put-in-Bay Police Department were killed when the plane they were riding in crashed into Lake Erie. The officers were traveling to assist a police chief on a neighboring island who was suffering a heart attack. All four occupants of the plane were killed in the accident. Deputy Mettler was a U.S. Army veteran and served with the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office for two years.

Survived by

He was survived by his wife, two daughters, two sons, a stepson, mother, sister, and brother.

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