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Deputy U.S. Marshall John Brookman Perry died March 8 after
being wounded by gunfire while serving an arrest warrant in St. Louis. Deputy Perry was 48 years old and the
father of three. 
Deputy Perry was born in the Chicago area and earned his degree from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. He worked in the probation office in Madison County Illinois for 16 years before graduating from the U.S. Marshals Academy in 2001. His first assignment was in the District of Columbia Superior Court where, in addition to his court duties, he volunteered in the Call Center for the TV series “America’s Most Wanted.” He was assigned to the U.S. Marshals Eastern District of Missouri in 2005.
He is survived by his mother Pamela Roberts of Rio Verde, Arizona; a sister, Meredith Neill of Phoenix; Kathy Perry, mother of daughter Laura Perry; Kimberly McQuay, mother of son Sam Perry and daughter Brooke McQuay; and finanee Pam Robtoy.
Emergency Medical Technician Sherese M. Bishop of the Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District, died at Barnes-Jewish Hospital on May 11 after collapsing while trying to resuscitate a man on March 3.
Schrese, 37, had responded with other department members to the North Oaks Plaza Shopping Center in Northwoods to treat a man who had collapsed. As Schrese was administering CPR, she herself collapsed.
She was employed by the District since 2008 and is survived by her parents, Clarence and Maggie Bishop, daughter Sch’Erica, brother Tony Bishop and half-brother Andre Tolson, all of St. Louis.
Daryl Hall, a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer, died April 24 after being fatally wounded by a man firing a gun on a parking lot of a nightclub blocks from Busch Stadium. He was 34 years old.
Officer Hall was a patron in the club when the gunman and another person were escorted out because of an altercation. When Officer Hall heard gunshots he went to investigate, saw a man firing a gun, identified himself as a Police Officer and told the gunman to drop the weapon. The gunman refused and Officer Hall was fatally wounded. The gunman was shot and killed.
Office Hall joined the police department in 2006 after graduating from the Police Academy. He was a 6th District patrolman before being assigned the a Housing Authority police unit. He is survived by his mother, stepfather and brother.
Maplewood Police Sergeant George Ross and was returning from the funeral of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer David Haynes when he suffered a heart attack and drove his car through a fence along Interstate 55. He died at a hospital nine days later on April 8, 2010. His death was recently classified as occurring in the line of duty.
Sgt. Ross graduated from Maplewood High School was in the U.S. Navy before serving 33 years in the Maplewood Police Department. A plaque now hanging at the department honors Sgt. Ross and says, “Going beyond the call of duty was part of his work ethic. George always led by example.”
Sgt. Ross is survived by his wife Margie and their nine children.
William M. “Mick” Mudd, 38, died December 16 of last year after a particularly difficult shift at the Vinita Park Police Department. Corporal Mudd, who had been on the force for 14 years, worked a night shift during which he spread salt on a large expanse of an icy street and help carry a resident to an ambulance. He had a heart attack at home after his shift ended.
