My wife Ellie and I came into my office this morning to look at the MVFD website after hearing from friends and family of the wonderful messages it contains. The memorial pages and photographs were very good of Neale. But it was the many messages of remembrance, love, respect and care that made us cry, smile and learn more about our beautiful child.

To the members of the MVFD and all who took time to remember Neale, please accept our deepest heartfelt appreciation.

Joe Slater

This section allows the Public Safety Community to share their stories and memories with Neale. If you would like to write about your experiences with him, please e-mail us your comments to memorial@mvfd.com

A Fallen Brother  Scott Raley
Goodbye  Joseph R. Guyther, Jr., MVFD
A "BROTHER" in more than One way  Rick Bagley, HVFDEMS
Angel on Earth  Brandi Shorter, Lieutenant MVFD
Dedicated and Determined  Raoul Denton, MVFD
Role Model  Chris Colvin, MVFD
We Will Never Forget  Justin E. Zimmerman, MSP
Always Looking Out for Others  Jenks and Cathy Mattingly, Past President MSFA
Even the Best Fall Down Sometime  Steve Van Bennekum, MSP
He Will Be Greatly Missed  Leah Gilman, MVFD
My Hunting Buddy  Chris Thompson, La Plata VFD Co. 1
He was Always There When I Needed Him  Priscilla Uppermann, NBVFD
I Feel Fortunate to Have Known Brother Slater  Jim Yates, PGFD (Retired)
Bye Good Friend  Brian Clements, Brandywine VFD
Hope Someone Gave the Geese Heads Up in Heaven  Ray Richards, MVFD
Great Friend  Kelley Rhodes, HVRS
We Love You!  The Kurtz Family
A Gentlemen  Elaine Guy, MVFD, MVRS, MVFDLA
Best Friend  Mark Pettit
For a Very Good Friend  Dave Harrigan, MVRS
Always Very Quick to Make Decisions  Jaime Abell, LVRS

This section allows the Friends and Family to share their stories and memories with Neale. If you would like to write about your experiences with him, please e-mail us your comments to memorial@mvfd.com

You Were Always There  Cathy Burroughs
Special Person  Susan Burroughs
Who will love Stacey now?  Mischelle Cogar
You Will Be One of Heaven's Brightest Stars  Joe, Michele, Joey, Mikel, and Jake Parlett
He Was a Very Nice Guy  Elizabeth Jenkins
Thank You For Your Help  The Clarks
My Porch Buddy  Joan Tellefsen
Know That You are Loved and Will Never Be Forgotten  Peter and Marianne Romero
Someone to Look Up To  Matt Romero
In Loving Memory  Stefanie & Steve Fastnaught, Tommy, Justin and Kolin
You Will Forever Be Missed  Johnathon Somerville and Lisa Young
You Will Never Be Forgotten  Nicole Hagan
I Will Always Remember the Fun We Had  Jessica Vallandingham
Lucky to Have Known Him  Wendy Barry, Friend
One of a Kind  Karen Warring
We Will Miss him, but We All Know that God Truly has an Angel with Him  Amanda Shumaker
I Shall Never Forget All the Times We Had  Drew, Friend
Part of the Family  The Leonard Hall Class of 1999
May God Hold You in His Hands  Cathy Shumaker
Always There For You  Crystal, Friend
He Was a Fine Young Boy  Captain Leonard's

Please forward any scanned photos to memorial@mvfd.com. Please include a brief caption of each photograph.

Firefighter/EMT Neale Slater	Maryland State Police Cadet Neale Slater
Cleaning up Squad 2 for the Southern Maryland Parade	Just Plain Chillin'
Washing the Tanker for the SMVFA Parade	"Water Fight" while washing the fire apparatus for the SMVFA Parade
Going to Fire Prevention Event in 2003	Dancing at the MVFD Banquet in 2003
Driving the Ambulance in 2003	During the SMVFA Parade in 2003
Ocean City, Maryland during MSFA Convention	Honor Guard during SMVFA Parade
Mike Stroud and Neale Slater during a house burn	Priscilla Upperman and Neale Slater at the 2003 MVFD Banquet
Neale Slater and Justin Mangum during the 2002 SMVFA Convention in Prince Frederick	Neale looking on at the 2002 SMVFA Convention
Neale and Stacey	Neale and Stacey Again
Somebody must be hungry!	Neale just plain chillin
Neale lookin good at the MVFD banquet	Always being social
Senior Prom	Senior Prom with the Fellas
Graduation from Leonard Hall