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The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and the Cascade Farmer Rancher City Volunteer Fire Department invites the community to join them in honoring and remembering the sacrifice of Cascade's own fallen hero, Kenneth M. Lemanski, Jr. Ken died of complications from COVID, which he contracted while answering a call in 2021.

Kenneth Lemanski, Jr. was born at Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, Michigan, to Cynthia and Kenneth Lemanski Sr. on March 13, 1984. At just a few weeks old, Ken moved to Sumter, South Carolina, where he spent the next 18 years of his life until joining the militar...