WINDSOR LOCKS — The names of five men, including two from Newtown, will be formally unveiled on the Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial on Sunday.

Peter (“Pete”) Joseph Blomberg, 72, of Newtown, died on October 28, 2024. The assistant chief of Botsford Fire Rescue, Blomberg was en route to the annual Newtown Board of Fire Commissioners meeting in Sandy Hook when he was struck by a vehicle and succumbed to his injuries.

Hawleyville Vice President and Firefighter Lewis Durgy died in August 1933 from burns he received while at the scene of a fire. A nightclub located adjacent to the Hawleyville firehouse caught fire on July 23. The building burned to the ground, taking the Hawleyville fire house with it.

Firemen pulled out their fire truck, the building’s piano, and furniture, and were attempting to rescue a barrel of kerosene when it exploded, burning eight firemen. Durgy, 52, died from his burns two weeks later, on August 8.

Both men will be memorialized during the 23rd Annual Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service scheduled for Sunday, September 28. The service will begin at 12:30 pm rain or shine.

It will be conducted at the memorial, in front of Connecticut Fire Academy, 34 Perimeter Road in Windsor Locks. The public is welcome.

Also being honored this weekend are Todd G. Gagnon of Cromwell, who died May 22, 2020; Robert Sharkevich Sr of Wethersfield, who died October 22, 2024; and Raymond A. Moreau of Plainville, who died July 27, 2025.

The Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial was the first of its kind in the state to honor Connecticut firefighters who gave the ultimate sacrifice. The design incorporates a plaza setting, featuring a brick patio in the form of a Maltese cross, the universal symbol of the fire service.

The centerpiece of the memorial is a 6- by 12-foot polished black granite stone bearing etched with four firefighters fighting a fire on the front of the stone. The state seal and the words “Firefighter’s Memorial” are also etched on the centerpiece. An eternal flame is also incorporated into the front of the memorial.

The reverse of the stone has an etched Maltese cross and the words “In Memory of Those Firefighters Who Have Given Their Lives In The Line Of Duty.”

Eight granite sitting benches, representing each of the state’s counties, surround the memorial, which was formally dedicated in August 2002.

The base of the memorial features 20 granite tablets, and each tablet hosts a growing list of names of those who have died in the line of duty in Connecticut.