Jack Dean Werner served in the U.S. Army for 2 years and 11 months. Jack served during the years of the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
Deputy Sheriff Jack Werner was shot and killed when he attempted to stop a suspect who was driving wildly in the deserted Apache Mall parking lot in Rochester. The subject opened fire on Deputy Werner with a sawed-off shotgun, striking him twice in the chest. The man then fled in Deputy Werner's patrol car but was apprehended four hours later. The man, 20, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison on September 21st, 1977. On September 20, 1980, he killed a fellow inmate in Stillwater Prison and got 14 years added to his sentence on May 19, 1981. Deputy Werner had served with the Olmsted County Sheriff's Office for five years.
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In tribute
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Werner gave the Olmsted County Sheriff's Office 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Rochester community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Werner.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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