John Dale Osborn Jr.

John was born in Lamar, Colorado, to John Sr and Joyce Osborn. He grew up with four other siblings and lived in Colorado, Oklahoma and Mississippi. He enjoyed riding motorcycles and loved the beach. He was quite the jokester, as can be testified by many of his co-workers.

John had three distinct chapters in his life: football, the US Marine Corps, and EMS. He played football through Jr/Sr High School in Long Beach, MS. Because he was such an excellent offensive player, he was given a full-ride scholarship to Texas A&M from 1977-1981. He was recruited by the Cincinnati Bengals, but due to a knee injury in college, he was advised that another hit to his knee would cripple him. He loved his alma mater and he loved playing.

Once college was finished, he chose to serve his country by joining the Marine Corps. Because he grew up around firearms, he became an MP. He was a proud former Marine.

After a 4-year stint in the service, he became interested in the EMS system. He moved to Las Vegas in 1991 with his wife and two children to work for Mercy Ambulance. After working the streets as an intermediate medic for a few years, he decided to become a Paramedic when he felt he needed more challenge.

During his 35-year tenure, he mentored students as a preceptor, had many partners, was an FTO, and had several honors for his life-saving accomplishments. Due to a back injury, he had to hang up his stethoscope and took a desk job as the Clinical Director at Community Ambulance. He absolutely loved working on the streets and missed it every day.

His greatest joy, the thing that made him who he was, was his family. He was married for 37 years, with one step-daughter, Bree'Aun and two daughters, Samantha and Emily. And from those daughters came 4 grandchildren: 1 boy, Sage, and 3 girls, Jackee, Stella and Addy. He adored all his children and grandchildren. There couldn't have been a more devoted dad and grandpa. His wife, Caryl, was his soulmate. He was the nucleus of the family and life will never be the same for them.

The community of Las Vegas honored him with a large send-off, which included, but not limited to, a procession with all aspects of first responders in the Las Vegas Valley, an honor guard, a Mercy Air fly-over, speakers including his wife, and a 21-gun salute.

John was a humble man who never wanted to be in the spotlight and probably would not have been happy with all the attention. He was greatly loved by his family and co-workers, and this was our way of sharing his life with them.