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Monday, June 6, 2011

A shortened life inspires effort to save other veterans

A shortened life inspires effort to save others
Bucyrus Telegraph Forum


BUCYRUS -- July 2 is going to be John Delaney's kind of day, chock full of golf, buddies and beer.

"Oh, yeah," his father, David Delaney, said of the event planned for The Golf Course at Bucyrus. "He would have loved it."

Andy Schell, organizer of the John Delaney Memorial Golf Scramble, said the event is to celebrate its namesake. Unfortunately, the elder Delaney and Schell were speaking of John in the past tense. The 29-year-old Bucyrus man committed suicide on Oct. 5, in his East Mansfield Street apartment.

Crying uncontrollably, Delaney phoned his childhood friend and told Schifer what he planned to do. The Columbus man called his parents, Connie and Russell Akers, who rushed to East Mansfield Street. Schifer's stepfather found Delaney's body in the darkened upstairs apartment.
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A shortened life inspires effort to save others

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