Sheriff Joseph Ray Steenbergen

Joseph Ray Steenbergen

Sheriff Steenbergen succumbed to injuries sustained 7 months earlier when his patrol car was struck by another car that failed to yield right of way at FM 2514 and FM 2551. Sheriff Steenbergen was transported to a local hospital where he remained for the next seven months before being released home. He died two days after returning home.

Sheriff Steenbergen had served as sheriff for 5 years and was survived by his wife and two daughters.