The Minnesota Fire Service Foundation is putting out a call to fire departments across Minnesota to attend Saturday’s visitation and Sunday’s funeral for Mapleton Firefighter Timothy Royce — who died of a heart attack March 30th after responding to two emergency calls. Spokesman George Esbensen says, “All of us express our deepest sympathies to the Royce family and to his firefighter family, the Mapleton Fire Department, and to the community they serve.”
After Sunday’s funeral at Maple River High School, the body of Firefighter Royce will be transported back to Mankato accompanied by a procession of fire equipment.