Submitted by the Lafayette Fire Department
LAFAYETTE, LA (May 29, 2024) – Lafayette Fire Department is mourning the loss of one of its colleagues. Monday, May 27, 2024, Engineer Darion Blake Whetstone passed away after battling cancer. Engineer Whetstone, 29, joined the fire department on July 14, 2014. For the past nine years, Engineer Whetstone served the citizens of Lafayette with dignity and humility. He was extremely professional and highly respected by his co-workers. His dedication to the profession will be greatly missed.
Engineer Darion Whetstone believed in the service of mankind. He enlisted in the United States Army where he embarked on a serious of tours in Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq, and Syria as a UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief. After completing his military service, he continued his calling to serve others by joining the fire department.
The Lafayette Fire Department will honor Engineer Darion Blake Whetstone with a Full Firefighter’s Funeral Monday, June 3, 2024, 1:00 pm at Martin & Castille, 600 East Farrel Road, Lafayette, Louisiana. An escort from Martin & Castille to Lafayette Memorable Park will take place immediately following the funeral.
We ask for your continued support and prayer for the Whetstone family as well as his co-workers in this untimely passing of Engineer Darion Whetstone.
