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City Marshal

Glenn Rousey

Effingham Police Department — Effingham, KS

Accident

End of Watch March 16, 1920

Age 59

Tour of Duty

The Vigil Panel 38 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

City Marshal Glenn Rousey was killed while attempting to stop a team of runaway horses on Main Street.

A father and son were carrying a load of lumber in a horse-drawn wagon and stopped on Main Street so the son could go into a store. A passing automobile startled the horses and they started to run. Marshal Rousey was crossing the street in front of the horses and grabbed onto their harness in an attempt to calm them. The horses continued to run, knocking Marshal Rousey to the ground and causing the wagon to run him over.

He was taken home where he died two hours later.

Marshal Rousey had been sworn in as city marshal only two weeks earlier.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, and sister.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
City Marshal Rousey served with the Effingham Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Effingham community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, City Marshal Rousey.

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

Agency

Department Effingham Police Department

Location Effingham, KS

Platform Identity epd.atchison.ks.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 16, 1920

Tour of Duty

Age 59

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

City Marshal Glenn Rousey 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 KS, 66 of 335 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 19.7% of this state's fallen. That is 11.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Effingham Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

KS — Statewide

of 335 officers

19.7% 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. Glenn Rousey'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 Glenn Rousey Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service