Funeral In Gaines Twp. For Michigan Airman Killed In Germany

GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A funeral service has been held in West Michigan for an airman killed in a bike-train accident in Germany.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Weems was killed last week when a train struck him as he biked several miles from Ramstein Air Base.

The 24-year-old was a 2005 graduate of Byron Center High School and worked in the 86th Maintenance Squadron, maintaining C-130 transport aircraft.

The service took place at Cornerstone Church in Kent County's Gaines Township. WOOD-TV reports members of the military provided an official entourage.

Weems died just days before his enlistment was complete.

A motorcade escorting his flag-draped coffin entered Byron Center on Monday evening, ending at Cook Funeral Home.

Survivors include Weems' parents, three siblings and his fiancee.

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