Patrolman Albert Mathiasen, St. Cloud Police Department, Minnesota

Patrolman Albert Mathiasen

St. Cloud Police Department, Minnesota

End of Watch Sunday, September 18, 1938

Albert Mathiasen

Patrolman Mathiasen was killed in a motorcycle accident at 13th Avenue and 7th Street while on patrol. Another vehicle swerved to avoid a collision but struck Patrolman Mathiasen instead. He suffered severe injuries and died two days later.

Patrolman Mathiasen was survived by his wife and two sons.

Bio

Age 30
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Incident Details

Cause Motorcycle crash
Incident Date Friday, September 16, 1938

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The last of his two sons has passed--he was 2 years old when his father was killed. Gerald “Jerry” Thomas Mathiasen, age 77, St. Cloud, MN died Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at Prairie Ridge, Sauk Rapids, MN after a long battle with dementia.

Dave Johnson, Capt. (retd)
St. Cloud Police Department

September 30, 2013