First responders, family and friends gathered Tuesday in Gates to honor a long-time volunteer firefighter.
Joseph Manuse died suddenly the previous weekend of complications from a bee sting.Hundreds, many of them firefighters from area departments, packed into the St. Jude’s Church on Lyell Road for the service. A ladder truck raised a large American Flag in front of the Gates Fire District #2 fire house during the ceremony. Red ribbons were also placed around the town in his memory.
Manuse had been a firefighter in Gates for 29 years