A public candlelight service is planned next month in St. Charles to recognize firefighters who have served their communities and died on duty.

The ceremony will be at 6 p.m. Oct. 8 at St. Charles Memorial Gardens, 3950 West Clay Street.

Firefighters…

Annette Jansen, (silhouetted at left) watches a video tribute to her husband Grant Jansen, a St. Charles police officer killed last year in a car crash. (Photo by Joel Currier / P-D)

St. Charles Police Officer Grant Jansen, who was killed…

A public memorial tribute is planned on the one-year anniversary of the death of St. Charles police officer Grant Jansen.

At 7 p.m. Sept. 10, a ceremony will be held in Frontier Park in St. Charles. It will be called “Light…

Annette Jansen, right, hugs St. Charles police officer Al Howe after a candlelight memorial service Wednesday in St. Charles (Photo by Joel Currier / P-D)

St. Charles Police Officer Grant Jansen is gone forever, but his memory will live on in…

A memorial service honoring Lance Cpl. Drew W. Weaver will be held in St. Charles on the 1-year anniversary of his death.

Weaver, 20, was killed during a combat operation in Iraq’s Anbar province. His relatives have said Weaver was shot…