Roll of Honor
Edward Eugene "Skip" Schroeder, Jr.
Incident
Deputy Edward Schroeder suffered a fatal heart attack while conducting mandatory training at the Deputy Sheriff's Academy at Pennsylvania State College. He was jogging on an indoor track when he collapsed.
Deputy Schroeder was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.
Survivors
He had served with the York County Sheriff's Department for 18 months, and is survived by his wife and mother.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Deputy Sheriff Schroeder gave the York County Sheriff's Office 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the York community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Edward Eugene "Skip" Schroeder, Jr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Deputy Sheriff Edward Eugene "Skip" Schroeder, Jr. 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 PA, 118 of 1,261 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edward Eugene "Skip" Schroeder, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Edward Eugene "Skip" Schroeder, Jr. Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Edward Eugene "Skip" Schroeder, Jr. is highlighted in Jan.