Marshal Roy Woofter

Roy Woofter

Marshal Roy Woofter succumbed to a gunshot wound received the previous day when he and other officers attempted to arrest a man for selling illegal alcohol from his home. The man let the officers into his home and then barricaded himself in another room. He shot Marshal Woofter through a window. The suspect was arrested and convicted of first degree murder.

Marshal Woofter had been with the agency for one year and was survived by his wife. He is buried in Oakview Cemetery in Albia, Iowa.