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Trooper Julie A. Scerine


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April 20, 2005





EMPHASIS: Trooper Ralph C. Tatoian Memorial Fund








A fund has been established in memory of Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper Ralph C. Tatoian. Trooper Tatoian was fatally injured in a motor vehicle accident on April 20, 2005 in Franklin County, while responding to a manhunt. This fund will benefit Trooper Tatoian’s wife Deborah and his three children, Samantha, 14, Ralph, 7 and Maxwell, 8 months.





The memorial fund has been established at Bank of America, in Bridgeton, Missouri. Contributions can be made to the “Ralph Tatoian Memorial Fund”, at any Bank of America.





Contributions can also be made to The MASTERS, Missouri Association of State Troopers Emergency Relief Society, 5287 Hwy 67 N., Poplar Bluff, Missouri 63901. The MASTERS is an organization that provides financial aid to the surviving family members of troopers who are killed in the line of duty.