ROCKY HILL, Conn. — First responders in Rocky Hill are mourning the sudden death of a former Volunteer Ambulance Association Chief.
Joseph Grayeb was at a Rocky Hill High School football game Friday evening while performing his duties when he suffered a medical emergency, Rocky Hill Volunteer Ambulance Association announced in a release that local police shared on social media.
Grayeb was sent to Hartford Hospital, where he succumbed to his condition, according to officials. He was 54 years old.
Kim Ricci, Deputy Chief of Operations for the Rocky Hill Volunteer Ambulance Association said, “Family was everything to him, whether it be his biological family or EMS family and beyond just our organization in the region. So family meant a lot to him, laughter meant a lot to him and we’re going to be missing a lot of that.”
Douglas Clarke, of the Rocky Hill Fire Department said, Grayeb spent 35 years with the Rocky Hill volunteer ambulance association, nine years as the chief and is continuing on working on as we need him at all times. "Always there. In addition, he was an Ellington police officer and a Department of Motor Vehicles officer.”
A procession on Sunday took Grayeb from the hospital to Brooklawn Funeral Home in Rocky Hill.
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