Tow Truck Funeral Procession?

[jbell1981]

I work on Hwy 65 in Blaine. A couple hours ago there was over 100 tow trucks that went by on hwy 65. They all has there light flashing and had a police escort. The first 15 or so trucks were from Shorty's Towing. Anyone else see this or know what they were doing. We assumed that someone at Shorty's died and this was the funeral procession. It was quite the sight to see though, and I hope no one needed a tow truck in the north suburbs this afternoon because I think they were all busy

[wrench]

I beleive it was yhe owner/founder of shortys towing that died.

[Powerstroke]

It was the current owner of Shorty's towing. He was the son of the man who started Shorty's towing. There was a nice article about him in Mondays Obit section of the startrib.

[Matt Johnson]

Yeah, my dad and I were on 65 when they came through, traffic was backed up for quite a ways. We were only about 10 cars back from the intersection that they came down and we pretty-much watched the whole thing. A large number of tow trucks made the treck. We were wondering what that was for, we figured it was a funeral procession...

[SomethingFishy*]

My grandfathers funeral there was semi's as he was an over the road driver, and they also buried him in the cemetery next to the highway.

[Bigsmitty]

yea he was the current owner of shortys towing. He died racing a sprint car in Iowa last weekend. Our prayers go out to the family.

[HaywardBound]

'Roger' Schuur from Fridley. His casket was on a flatbed in the procession.

[wayne123]

Every time I think of Shorty's towing I think of a friend in High School who was sent home because of his tee shirt. On the front it said something like "Best Darn Hookers in Town" and the back said "Shorty's Towing". The principal did not like the tee shirt but it seemed okay to us.