Sheridan O. Caton, 60, Meyersdale, died July 11, 2004, in Addison Township. Born May 30, 1944, in Greenville Township a son of the late John W. and Mary A. (Fuller) Caton. Survived by two children: Brian L. Caton and his wife, Vanessa, Alice Springs, Australia, and Roxanne, wife of Charles Knopsnyder, Somerset; four grandchildren: Christopher and Matthew Caton, and Amber and Brandon Knopsnyder. A brother of Harry E. Caton; Wilson H. Caton; Veda, wife of Sheridan Logue; Myrtle, wife of Charles Race; and Rosemary, wife of Thomas Meyers, all of Meyersdale; Agnes Crissinger, Erin, Tenn.; and Beulah, wife of Robert Ceretta, Boynton. Sheridan served 41 years as a dedicated and devoted police officer and chief of police. He retired from the Meyersdale Police Department where he served as an officer and the chief of police, and he was currently serving as the Elk Lick Township chief of police. Sheridan died in the line of duty as he responded to a call in the early morning hours of July 11. A member of F.O.P. Lodge 98 in Somerset, and the Chiefs of Police Association. Friends will be received 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale, where service will be conducted 11 a.m. Thursday. The Rev. Eric Shaulis officiating. Interment will follow at the Greenville Union Cemetery with honors accorded by the Pennsylvania State Police, local police departments and the F.O.P. Arrangements by the William Rowe Price Funeral Home, Inc., Meyersdale. Somerset Daily American, July 13, 2004
Elk Lick Township's police chief died in the line of duty early Sunday morning, as he responded to a request for backup from a neighboring district. Sheridan O. Caton, 60, of Meyersdale, died following the impact of a head-on collision just after 12:30 a.m., state police said. His daughter, Roxanne Knopsnyder said police work was her father's lifelong passion. He never wavered from his dream. " [He was] very devoted and dedicated to his job. He loved it. Loved to help people," she said. "This is the way he wanted to go." According to a state police report, at the time of the accident, Caton was responding to a call for back-up by Confluence Borough Police Department. Knopsnyder said her father never made it to the call. Instead, the nearly 40-year police veteran's cruiser collided with another vehicle head-on near the double yellow lines in the 2400 block of Listonburg Road in Addison Township. Somerset County Coroner Wallace Miller pronounced Caton dead at the scene. He said the cause of death was multiple blunt force trauma. An autopsy was performed. Knopsnyder said she spoke with several of her father's officers Sunday and the loss is still unbelievable to all. "Everybody's still in shock," she said. The driver of the second vehicle, Warren Earl Christopher, 40, no address given by state police, is under investigation for driving while under the influence. Christopher and his passenger, Mark Allen King, 31, also no address given, were transported by medical helicopter from the scene. No destination was given on the police report. Somerset County Control said one was transported to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, while the other went to an unknown hospital in Pittsburgh. A nursing supervisor at Conemaugh said she had no record of either man being treated at the facility. Calls to a number of Pittsburgh hospitals failed to located Christopher, whose injuries were labeled as major on the police report. King's injuries were classified as moderate on the police report. State police said they were not releasing any additional information at this time, including hometowns or concerning where the men were transported. An investigation is ongoing. Charges are pending based on the accident reconstruction. Funeral arrangements for Caton are being handled by Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale. They are incomplete at this time. Caton was chief of the Elk Lick Township Department, where he worked for nearly a decade after retiring as chief of Meyersdale's department in June of 1994. Caton entered law enforcement in September of 1965 as a part time officer in Meyersdale, fulfilling his dream of becoming a police officer. He was promoted to full-time in March of 1966, and took over the department just a decade later. He retired with 29 years on the Meyersdale force. Caton has one son, Brian Caton, along with his daughter. He is also survived by four grandchildren, Christopher and Matthew Caton and Amber and Brandon Knopsnyder. July 11, 2004, Somerset Daily American
Elk Lick Township's police chief died in the line of duty early Sunday morning, as he responded to a request for backup from a neighboring district. Sheridan O. Caton, 60, of Meyersdale, died following the impact of a head-on collision just after 12:30 a.m., state police said. His daughter, Roxanne Knopsnyder said police work was her father's lifelong passion. He never wavered from his dream. " [He was] very devoted and dedicated to his job. He loved it. Loved to help people," she said. "This is the way he wanted to go." According to a state police report, at the time of the accident, Caton was responding to a call for back-up by Confluence Borough Police Department. Knopsnyder said her father never made it to the call. Instead, the nearly 40-year police veteran's cruiser collided with another vehicle head-on near the double yellow lines in the 2400 block of Listonburg Road in Addison Township. Somerset County Coroner Wallace Miller pronounced Caton dead at the scene. He said the cause of death was multiple blunt force trauma. An autopsy was performed. Knopsnyder said she spoke with several of her father's officers Sunday and the loss is still unbelievable to all. "Everybody's still in shock," she said. The driver of the second vehicle, Warren Earl Christopher, 40, no address given by state police, is under investigation for driving while under the influence. Christopher and his passenger, Mark Allen King, 31, also no address given, were transported by medical helicopter from the scene. No destination was given on the police report. Somerset County Control said one was transported to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, while the other went to an unknown hospital in Pittsburgh. A nursing supervisor at Conemaugh said she had no record of either man being treated at the facility. Calls to a number of Pittsburgh hospitals failed to located Christopher, whose injuries were labeled as major on the police report. King's injuries were classified as moderate on the police report. State police said they were not releasing any additional information at this time, including hometowns or concerning where the men were transported. An investigation is ongoing. Charges are pending based on the accident reconstruction. Funeral arrangements for Caton are being handled by Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale. They are incomplete at this time. Caton was chief of the Elk Lick Township Department, where he worked for nearly a decade after retiring as chief of Meyersdale's department in June of 1994. Caton entered law enforcement in September of 1965 as a part time officer in Meyersdale, fulfilling his dream of becoming a police officer. He was promoted to full-time in March of 1966, and took over the department just a decade later. He retired with 29 years on the Meyersdale force. Caton has one son, Brian Caton, along with his daughter. He is also survived by four grandchildren, Christopher and Matthew Caton and Amber and Brandon Knopsnyder. July 11, 2004, Somerset Daily American
Sheridan O. Caton, 60, Meyersdale, died July 11, 2004, in Addison Township. Born May 30, 1944, in Greenville Township a son of the late John W. and Mary A. (Fuller) Caton. Survived by two children: Brian L. Caton and his wife, Vanessa, Alice Springs, Australia, and Roxanne, wife of Charles Knopsnyder, Somerset; four grandchildren: Christopher and Matthew Caton, and Amber and Brandon Knopsnyder. A brother of Harry E. Caton; Wilson H. Caton; Veda, wife of Sheridan Logue; Myrtle, wife of Charles Race; and Rosemary, wife of Thomas Meyers, all of Meyersdale; Agnes Crissinger, Erin, Tenn.; and Beulah, wife of Robert Ceretta, Boynton. Sheridan served 41 years as a dedicated and devoted police officer and chief of police. He retired from the Meyersdale Police Department where he served as an officer and the chief of police, and he was currently serving as the Elk Lick Township chief of police. Sheridan died in the line of duty as he responded to a call in the early morning hours of July 11. A member of F.O.P. Lodge 98 in Somerset, and the Chiefs of Police Association. Friends will be received 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale, where service will be conducted 11 a.m. Thursday. The Rev. Eric Shaulis officiating. Interment will follow at the Greenville Union Cemetery with honors accorded by the Pennsylvania State Police, local police departments and the F.O.P. Arrangements by the William Rowe Price Funeral Home, Inc., Meyersdale. Somerset Daily American, July 13, 2004
Elk Lick Township's police chief died in the line of duty early Sunday morning, as he responded to a request for backup from a neighboring district. Sheridan O. Caton, 60, of Meyersdale, died following the impact of a head-on collision just after 12:30 a.m., state police said. His daughter, Roxanne Knopsnyder said police work was her father's lifelong passion. He never wavered from his dream. " [He was] very devoted and dedicated to his job. He loved it. Loved to help people," she said. "This is the way he wanted to go." According to a state police report, at the time of the accident, Caton was responding to a call for back-up by Confluence Borough Police Department. Knopsnyder said her father never made it to the call. Instead, the nearly 40-year police veteran's cruiser collided with another vehicle head-on near the double yellow lines in the 2400 block of Listonburg Road in Addison Township. Somerset County Coroner Wallace Miller pronounced Caton dead at the scene. He said the cause of death was multiple blunt force trauma. An autopsy was performed. Knopsnyder said she spoke with several of her father's officers Sunday and the loss is still unbelievable to all. "Everybody's still in shock," she said. The driver of the second vehicle, Warren Earl Christopher, 40, no address given by state police, is under investigation for driving while under the influence. Christopher and his passenger, Mark Allen King, 31, also no address given, were transported by medical helicopter from the scene. No destination was given on the police report. Somerset County Control said one was transported to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, while the other went to an unknown hospital in Pittsburgh. A nursing supervisor at Conemaugh said she had no record of either man being treated at the facility. Calls to a number of Pittsburgh hospitals failed to located Christopher, whose injuries were labeled as major on the police report. King's injuries were classified as moderate on the police report. State police said they were not releasing any additional information at this time, including hometowns or concerning where the men were transported. An investigation is ongoing. Charges are pending based on the accident reconstruction. Funeral arrangements for Caton are being handled by Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale. They are incomplete at this time. Caton was chief of the Elk Lick Township Department, where he worked for nearly a decade after retiring as chief of Meyersdale's department in June of 1994. Caton entered law enforcement in September of 1965 as a part time officer in Meyersdale, fulfilling his dream of becoming a police officer. He was promoted to full-time in March of 1966, and took over the department just a decade later. He retired with 29 years on the Meyersdale force. Caton has one son, Brian Caton, along with his daughter. He is also survived by four grandchildren, Christopher and Matthew Caton and Amber and Brandon Knopsnyder. July 11, 2004, Somerset Daily American
Elk Lick Township's police chief died in the line of duty early Sunday morning, as he responded to a request for backup from a neighboring district. Sheridan O. Caton, 60, of Meyersdale, died following the impact of a head-on collision just after 12:30 a.m., state police said. His daughter, Roxanne Knopsnyder said police work was her father's lifelong passion. He never wavered from his dream. " [He was] very devoted and dedicated to his job. He loved it. Loved to help people," she said. "This is the way he wanted to go." According to a state police report, at the time of the accident, Caton was responding to a call for back-up by Confluence Borough Police Department. Knopsnyder said her father never made it to the call. Instead, the nearly 40-year police veteran's cruiser collided with another vehicle head-on near the double yellow lines in the 2400 block of Listonburg Road in Addison Township. Somerset County Coroner Wallace Miller pronounced Caton dead at the scene. He said the cause of death was multiple blunt force trauma. An autopsy was performed. Knopsnyder said she spoke with several of her father's officers Sunday and the loss is still unbelievable to all. "Everybody's still in shock," she said. The driver of the second vehicle, Warren Earl Christopher, 40, no address given by state police, is under investigation for driving while under the influence. Christopher and his passenger, Mark Allen King, 31, also no address given, were transported by medical helicopter from the scene. No destination was given on the police report. Somerset County Control said one was transported to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, while the other went to an unknown hospital in Pittsburgh. A nursing supervisor at Conemaugh said she had no record of either man being treated at the facility. Calls to a number of Pittsburgh hospitals failed to located Christopher, whose injuries were labeled as major on the police report. King's injuries were classified as moderate on the police report. State police said they were not releasing any additional information at this time, including hometowns or concerning where the men were transported. An investigation is ongoing. Charges are pending based on the accident reconstruction. Funeral arrangements for Caton are being handled by Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale. They are incomplete at this time. Caton was chief of the Elk Lick Township Department, where he worked for nearly a decade after retiring as chief of Meyersdale's department in June of 1994. Caton entered law enforcement in September of 1965 as a part time officer in Meyersdale, fulfilling his dream of becoming a police officer. He was promoted to full-time in March of 1966, and took over the department just a decade later. He retired with 29 years on the Meyersdale force. Caton has one son, Brian Caton, along with his daughter. He is also survived by four grandchildren, Christopher and Matthew Caton and Amber and Brandon Knopsnyder. July 11, 2004, Somerset Daily American
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