Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Fay Wooster and Undersheriff Sophia Wooster were killed in an automobile crash while returning from a prisoner transport. Their vehicle struck a tractor had become disabled in the northbound travel lane of Cavanaugh Road at South Cedar Street in Lansing, Michigan. Undersheriff Wooster and Sheriff Wooster were husband and wife.
Survivors
They were survived by their son.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sheriff Wooster gave the Osceola County Sheriff's Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Reed City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Wooster.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Fay E. Wooster 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 MI, 229 of 718 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.9% of this state's fallen. That is 0.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Osceola County Sheriff's Department, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Fay E. Wooster's cause is highlighted.
How Fay E. Wooster Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Fay E. Wooster is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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