Roll of Honor
Incident
Senior Deputy Edwin Arendt was killed in an automobile crash when his patrol car was struck head-on on County Road 2 in Jacobs Prairie. Another vehicle lost control on a rain-slicked road, crossed the center line, and struck his vehicle. Deputy Arendt was a United States Army World War II and Korean War veteran and had served with the Stearns County Sheriff's Department for 23 years, assigned to the Civil Process Division.
Survivors
He was survived by his seven children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
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.
Senior Deputy Arendt gave the Stearns County Sheriff's Office 23 years.
Thank you for your service to the St. Cloud community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Edwin H. Arendt served in the Army (1951â1952) before joining law enforcement.
Senior Deputy Edwin H. Arendt is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In MN, 84 of 293 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edwin H. Arendt's cause is highlighted.
How Edwin H. Arendt Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Edwin H. Arendt is highlighted in Nov.