Frank J. Appel.
Deputy Game Warden Frank Appel was killed in a motorcycle crash on Gunflint Trail, near Grand Marais, while on patrol. He was going down a hill when his front tire struck a rock, and he was thrown from the motorcycle. He was thrown down a 10-foot embankment and hit his head on a rock. Warden Appel was a United States Army Spanish American War veteran and had served with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division for three years.
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In tribute
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 Game Warden Appel gave the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Saint Paul community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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