Stephanie Jean Schreurs
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Deputy Sheriff

Stephanie Jean Schreurs

Lyon County Sheriff's Office — Rock Rapids, IA
Accident
End of Watch August 13, 2019
Age 60
Tour of Duty 24 yrs
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Gender Female

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Stephanie Schreurs succumbed to injuries sustained four days earlier in a single-vehicle crash on K-52, near Rock Rapids, Iowa.

Her patrol vehicle left the roadway on a sharp curve, entered a ditch, and rolled over. She was flown to a hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where she remained until succumbing to her injuries.

Deputy Schreurs had served with the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office for 24 years.

Survivors

She is survived by her four children.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

24 years. You could have gone home.
Deputy Sheriff Schreurs gave the Lyon County Sheriff's Office 24 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Rock Rapids community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Schreurs.

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

Agency

Location Rock Rapids, IA
Platform Identity lcso.lyon.ia.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 13, 2019
Tour of Duty 24 yrs
Age 60
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Automobile crash

Deputy Sheriff Stephanie Jean Schreurs 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 IA, 71 of 226 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.4 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

Lyon County Sheriff's Office
1
of 1 officers
100% Accident
IA — Statewide
71
of 226 officers
31.4% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Stephanie Jean Schreurs'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 Stephanie Jean Schreurs Compares

Age at End of Watch
60
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
24
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Stephanie Jean Schreurs is highlighted in Aug.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location