Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief McFadden suffered a fatal heart attack while assisting at the scene of a garage fire at 2100 hours.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and four children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police McFadden served with the Ivanhoe Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Ivanhoe community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police McFadden.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Frank E. McFadden 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 MN, 26 of 293 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 8.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.9 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Frank E. McFadden's cause is highlighted.
How Frank E. McFadden Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Frank E. McFadden is highlighted in Aug.