Roll of Honor
Incident
On October 7, 2018 at approximately 8:00 pm 50 year old Correctional Officer Lesa Zoerb died after being involved in a two vehicle motor vehicle incident while returning to the Correctional Service of Canada’s Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge (OOHL) in Saskatchewan. Correctional Officer Zoerb was returning to OOHL from the local hospital, where she was supervising an offender. While travelling on Highway 21, just north of Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, she was involved in a two vehicle motor vehicle incident. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the second vehicle sustained life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to Regina Hospital. Correctional Officer Lesa Zoerb spent her entire 20-year public service career at Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge. Lesa is survived by her two children. As we start 2026, we can look back and note that we have been very fortunate to not have lost anyone in Canada to a Line of Duty Death (LODD) these last two years. Since the launch of the Memorial Rib… Photo: Memorial Ribbon Society Directors Shawn Coady & James Pearson with Tumbleweed Spirits Co-Owner Mike Patterson Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Ribbon Society Directors Shawn Coady and …
Survivors
Lesa is survived by her two children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Zoerb served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Zoerb.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lesa Zoerb 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 ON, 22 of 334 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 6.6% of this state's fallen. That is 24.4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 22 of 333 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 6.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Lesa Zoerb's cause is highlighted.
How Lesa Zoerb Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Lesa Zoerb is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
Maple Creek, SK.
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