Sophia T. Wooster
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Undersheriff

Sophia T. Wooster

Accident
End of Watch December 22, 1952
Age 54
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Badge 67-2
The Vigil Panel 88 ›
Gender Female

Incident

Undersheriff Sophia Wooster and Sheriff Fay 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.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
BO-US-MI-AFB7E277
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Undersheriff Wooster gave the Osceola County Sheriff's Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Reed City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Undersheriff Wooster.

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

Agency

Location Reed City, MI
Platform Identity ocso.osceola.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 22, 1952
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Age 54
Badge Number 67-2
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Undersheriff Sophia T. 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.

Osceola County Sheriff's Department
2
of 2 officers
100% Accident
MI — Statewide
229
of 718 officers
31.9% 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. Sophia T. Wooster'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 Sophia T. Wooster Compares

Age at End of Watch
54
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
8
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Sophia T. Wooster is highlighted in Dec.

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

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