UPDATE: Monday 3 p.m. – Photos added from the procession.
Ruben Gonzalez Romero planned to retire after one more season as a firefighter.
For 20 years, he joined crews to take on wildfires throughout the West, living in Keizer during the season.
On Sunday, Aug. 24, his 20-person crew set out for their first day on yet another fire – the Bivens Creek Fire in national forestland in Montana.
At some point, the 64-year-old Gonzalez…
