Alice Mae Moran
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Police Matron

Alice Mae Moran

Josephine County Sheriff's Office — Grants Pass, OR
Accident
End of Watch November 17, 1971
Age 36
Tour of Duty 5 mo
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Gender Female

Incident

Matron Alice Moran and Jailer Glenn Allen were killed in an airplane crash while transporting witnesses for trial. She and three others perished in the crash. Matron Moran had served with the Josephine County Sheriff's Office for five months. She was survived by her husband and four children. Matron Moran's son-in-law, Deputy Thomas Rice, was also killed in an on-duty helicopter accident on May 23, 2002, while serving with the Josephine County Sheriff's Department.

Survivors

She was survived by her husband and four children.

In Our Keeping

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Matron Moran served with the Josephine County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Grants Pass community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Matron Moran.

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

Agency

Location Grants Pass, OR
Platform Identity jcso.josephine.or.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 17, 1971
Tour of Duty 5 mo
Age 36
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Matron Alice Mae Moran 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 OR, 66 of 197 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.5% of this state's fallen. That is 2.5 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Josephine County Sheriff's Office, 4 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Josephine County Sheriff's Office
4
of 4 officers
100% Accident
OR — Statewide
66
of 197 officers
33.5% 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. Alice Mae Moran'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 Alice Mae Moran Compares

Age at End of Watch
36
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
0.4
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Alice Mae Moran is highlighted in Nov.

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