Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state’s past. Today we focus on this marker in Fort Calhoun commemorating the only Washington County law enforcement officer to lose their life in the line of duty during the county’s first 152 years.
Marker Text
About 3 a.m. on December 5, 1932, Fort Calhoun marshal Albert Suverkrubbe was shot while trying to apprehend two men fleeing Kruse’s Red and White Grocery at 106 S. Fourteenth Street. Suverkrubbe died from his wounds nine days later, leaving his wife, Frances, and two young sons. He was the only Washington County law enforcement officer to lose his life in the line of duty during the county’s first 152 years (1855-2007). He made the ultimate sacrifice to keep the city safe.
Location
397 S 14th St, Fort Calhoun, Washington County, Nebraska
