Edward Eugene "Skip" Schroeder, Jr.
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Deputy Sheriff

Edward Eugene "Skip" Schroeder, Jr.

Cardiac Veteran
End of Watch January 10, 2005
Age 47
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo
Badge 12-12
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Edward Schroeder suffered a fatal heart attack while conducting mandatory training at the Deputy Sheriff's Academy at Pennsylvania State College. He was jogging on an indoor track when he collapsed.

Deputy Schroeder was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

Survivors

He had served with the York County Sheriff's Department for 18 months, and is survived by his wife and mother.

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July 23, 2026

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Deputy Sheriff Schroeder gave the York County Sheriff's Office 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the York community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location York, PA
Platform Identity ycso.york.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 10, 2005
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo
Age 47
Badge Number 12-12
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Edward Eugene "Skip" Schroeder, Jr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Deputy Sheriff Edward Eugene "Skip" Schroeder, Jr. is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In PA, 118 of 1,261 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

York County Sheriff's Office
1
of 1 officers
100% Cardiac
PA — Statewide
118
of 1,261 officers
9.4% Cardiac
Nationwide
1,306
of 32,508 officers
4% Cardiac

National Cause Distribution

How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edward Eugene "Skip" Schroeder, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Edward Eugene "Skip" Schroeder, Jr. Compares

Age at End of Watch
47
This officer
Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years
Years of Service
1.5
This officer
Avg for Cardiac: 15.6 years

When Cardiac Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Edward Eugene "Skip" Schroeder, Jr. is highlighted in Jan.

Jan
124
Feb
105
Mar
99
Apr
116
May
115
Jun
95
Jul
94
Aug
104
Sep
109
Oct
121
Nov
113
Dec
111