Frank Fowlston was known to work as many as 100 hours a week.
That may be why his son, Frank Fowlston Jr., remembers his father as one of the "hardest working men" in his life.
Fowlston, 60, died Monday morning in a fire at his home on 108 County Route 21 in Plymouth, according to Fowlston Jr.
Fowlston was the Chief of the Plymouth Volunteer Fire Department.
Fowlston Jr. said the fire was first reported around 2 a.m. Monday morning at his father's home. There were no other people in the residence at the time of the fire, Fowlston Jr. said.
"He was funny, always liked to smile, joke around," Fowlston Jr. said of his father.
As of Monday evening, the Plymouth Volunteer Fire Department did not release any information and plan to issue a statement in the coming days.