List of past chiefs:
Chief
William McGill
William Armbruster
T. Wood Wyne
W.D. Rambo
Joseph Carter
E.G. Shirk
Daniel Platt
Joseph Carter
Daniel Platt
Charles Lind
Howard Herman
Carl Carter
Robert Fanslau
Frank Mansfield
Kenneth Fanslau*
Greg Hurst
Philp Zimm
Brian Golle
Years Served
1911
1912-1916
1917
1918
1919-1925
1925-1939
1940-1943
1944-1945
1946-1949
1950-1952
1953-1955
1955-1956
1957-1961
1962-1970
1970-1995
1996-2005
2006-2016
2016-2021
*Chief Fanslau has served the longest term of 25 years.
New photos of Thorofare's history are always being found and we are trying to upload them to our site. If you have any historic photos of Thorofare or Incidents they responded to, please forward them to us at our Email
Please check our collection of historic photos and newspaper clippings in our photos section.
Life Members-Deceased
Thomas Armbruster | Charles Budd | L.D. Clement |
William Bowers | Joseph T. Carter | William G. Clement Sr. |
Harry S. Hinman Sr. | H. Harrison Chew | Charles B. Leonard Sr. |
C. Blaine Hughes | Harry F. Hammel | William McGill |
Charles J. Myers | C.S. Rambo | Carl B. Wilkens |
T. Clark Reed | Edmund G. Shirk Sr. | A.L. Windish |
Harry Windish | Belmont P Sparks | Robert Hank Horman |
T. Wood Wyne | Linwood I. Bagby | Frank Boucher |
John Bradsdis | Edward Thayres | Wally Dawson |
Bob Pine | George DuBrink | Charles Lind |
William F. Parks | Joseph A. Lind | Norman G. Hammel |
William M. Bowers | Harry Hinman Jr. | C. Edward Matlack Sr. |
Marshall D. Himan | George C. Nothdurft | Samuel T. Heritage |
Leo C. Carter | George W. Biddle | J. Walter Dehart Jr. |
Marlin H. Pike Jr. | Milford J. Dehner Jr. | Ernest Dehart |
Richard D. Bowers | Joseph E. Shirk Sr. | Daniel P. Platt Sr. |
Raymond B. Hires | Charles Friars | Charles M. Huff |
John W. Geitz Sr. | William Sahms | Howard "Pete" Herman |
Hans Bock | Marlin "Spike" Lucas | Leon Lamson |
Jarvis Howell | Dave Erickson | Al Budd |
Tom Anderson | Frank Mansfield | Robert Fanslau |