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Published January 28, 2009, 12:00 AM

Hudson firefighter Daniel Smith remembered


Dan Smith poses in front of a fire engine for an official Hudson Fire Department photo. Submitted photo

  • Dan Smith poses in front of a fire engine for an official Hudson Fire Department photo. Submitted photo
  • Hudson firefighters lift Dan Smith’s casket onto the back of a fire engine for the trip to Willow River Cemetery following his funeral in the Hudson High School Auditorium. In the white shirts, from left, are Don Heldt, Sean O’Brien (above), Tom Forsythe, Tom Barthman, Rich Hjelmgren, Dean Rossing and Mark Thorsen; saluting, from left, Brian Schmidt, John Rivard, Bob Larson, Bob Schmitz and John Simon. Photo by Randy Hanson
  • Daniel Smith visits a preschool to give a fire prevention lesson in a 2006 Hudson Fire Department photo.
  • Dan Smith’s fire-engine red casket stands at the center of the Hudson High School Auditorium stage. The Rev. Steve Kramer and Donna and Eric Bennett of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Afton, Minn., provided music for the service.
  • Mournfully awaiting the start of Dan Smith’s funeral are, from left, Hudson firefighters Frank Halvorson, Aaron Zeuli, Assistant Chief Bill Wanner and Chief Jim Frye. Photo by Randy Hanson
  • Tim Fitzgerald plays “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes as Dan Smith’s casket is carried from the Hudson High School Auditorium. Photo by Randy Hanson
  • Tim Congdon, left, and Mark Thorsen lead the procession of Hudson firefighters in their dress uniforms out of the funeral. Randy Hanson photo
  • Jerry’s Towing pays tribute to fallen firefighter Daniel Smith by raising an American flag as the funeral procession passes by on Wisconsin Street. Randy Hanson photo