Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Fitch died of a brain hemorrhage he received the previous week while on duty.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and five children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Fitch served with the Worthington Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Worthington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Fitch.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Officer Roy Robert Fitch is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In MN, 9 of 293 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.1% of this state's fallen. That is 6 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Roy Robert Fitch's cause is highlighted.
How Roy Robert Fitch Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Roy Robert Fitch is highlighted in Jun.