SPECIAL TO THE BREEZE, news@breezenewspapers.com

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office will host the annual service to honor the county’s fallen officers today at 9 a.m. The ceremony will he held outside the sheriff’s office headquarters at 14750 Six Mile Cypress Parkway.

The ceremony coincides with National Peace Officers Memorial Week, a time when the entire nation remembers the brave men and women who have died protecting us.

Those being remembered and the date they died include:

— Lt. Matthew Hisler — Jan. 3, 1930

— Trooper Joseph Bertrand — Dec. 22, 1967

— Deputy Richard Eva — Feb. 12, 1972

— Deputy Michael Yahl — March 13, 1976

— Deputy Lynn Hall — April 11, 1979

— Sgt. Laroy Scott — April 3, 1981

— Cpl. Ronnie Fewell — March 16, 1983

— Detective Mark Bolhouse — Jan. 19, 1988

— Cpl. Alfredo Banos — Jan. 30, 2001

— Deputy Michael Shostak — Nov. 8, 2001

— Officer Daniel Starks — Oct. 25, 2003

— Cpl. Patrick Healey — May 13, 2004

— Deputy Margena Nunez — Oct. 22, 2006