Incident
Deputy Kenneth Wolf died of physical stress after climbing up a hill while investigating an accidental death. Deputy Wolf was assisting in loading a body in 100 degrees weather when he collapsed and died.
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27 years. You could have gone home.
Deputy Sheriff Wolf gave the Frontier County Sheriff's Office 27 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Curtis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Wolf.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Kenneth J. Wolf 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 NE, 10 of 151 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 6.6% of this state's fallen. That is 2.6 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kenneth J. Wolf's cause is highlighted.
How Kenneth J. Wolf Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Kenneth J. Wolf is highlighted in Apr.