Eric Litteken has been involved with the Cottleville Fire District for basically his entire life. Eric’s father, Jim Litteken was the Chief of the fire district for 18 years. Eric’s uncle, Ed Litteken and Grandfather, Gus Litteken, were volunteers for many years. Two more of his uncles, Mike and Mark Boehle began as volunteers and have been paid full time staff members for over 20 years. For Eric, firefighting has been a tradition in his family, and when he turned 13 years of age he followed in the footsteps of his family and began his journey into the fire service as a junior firefighter. At age 18, Eric graduated to the rank of volunteer firefighter after completing 5 years as a Junior Firefighter. After high school, Eric attended Central Missouri-

State University where he pursued and received his Bachelor's of Science Degree in Fire Safety Management and Fire Science. Eric also played football for the CMSU Mules as an offensive guard for 5 years. After graduation from college, Eric returned home to pursue his career in the fire service. He became a career firefighter in 1998, and since then has received awards for outstanding service. One such award was for assisting with a rescue of a citizen from under the Daniel Boone Bridge, the other for rescuing a man from a burning house with numerous explosions involved. We’re happy to report that the man is alive and doing well to this day. Eric is now married to his wife Karen and they have three children, Taylor 7 , Cole 6 and Grant 4. Eric has been an integral part of the Cottleville Fire District and is a definite asset both to the firefighters and to the citizens. Eric believes in being the best he can be and providing the citizens of this district the highest standard of care and protection. The Cottleville Fire District is proud to congratulate Eric Litteken on his 10 years of excellent service to the community. Eric is pictured on the right recieving a life saving award for his heroic actions.