Memorial Service held for Belleville Fire Fighter Timothy Graves

On Sunday afternoon, a Memorial Service was held at the Progressive Hall at Five Points in Romulus for Timothy Forrest Graves, 22, a Belleville paid-per-call fire fighter who died June 30 in Ohio.
Augusta Township Fire Department covered the city of Belleville so city fire fighters could attend the service. Several EMS providers were in attendance as well members of the Woodhaven Fire Department.
Huron Valley Ambulance sent its honor guard and a bagpiper played. Fire trucks and ambulances approached the Memorial Service with their lights on.
Van Buren Township provides emergency dispatch service for the city of Belleville, so VBT Dispatcher David McInally, who also is a VBT Fire Department Battalion Chief, did the last radio tone-out for Graves.
The Rev. William Kren, pastor of Dearborn Congregational Church, conducted the service and Joel Meyers brought words from the family.
Graves worked as an EMT at HealthLink Medical Transportation in Taylor and lived in Westlake Apartments in VBT. He was born July 30, 1992 and died June 30, 2015 when he was struck by a train in Portage, Ohio. He grew up in Romulus.
Graves dropped from sight June 28 after he left work in Taylor and a search was started by family and friends to find him. The death remains under investigation awaiting the Wood County Coroner’s report.