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On the morning of
November 6, 1981, a fire erupted at the
Knights of Columbus Hall behind St. Mary's Church in
Simsbury. Approximately sixty-five firefighters answered the
call that morning, including
Lieutenant
Richard Kelleher. Lieutenant Kelleher was with a team on an exterior stairway
helping to take a line to the second floor when he collapsed.
Lt. Richard Kelleher died that morning of an apparent heart
attack.
The Simsbury
Volunteer Fire Company founded the Lieutenant Richard Kelleher
Memorial Scholarship in remembrance of Dick Kelleher and in
honor of his sacrifice. The Simsbury High School Guidance
Department selects a recipient who intends to pursue a career in
fire science, is instrumental in improving the school community
life, or our local community life. The Fire Company presents the
scholarship each year at the school's annual awards program.
The Simsbury
Volunteer Fire Company is proud to announce Nicole Landry as this
year's recipient. Nicole Landry serves with the Fire Company as a
Junior Firefighter and
is assigned to
Firetown Station.
Nicole will be
attending Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont this fall
where she will major in Mass Communications. While at St.
Michael’s she will be a member of the St. Michael’s College Fire
& Rescue Squad, one of the first college-affiliated fire
departments in New England. The volunteers staff five pieces of
equipment and respond to over 3,000 calls annually. This summer
Nicole Landry will finish the course requirements for state
certification as an Emergency Medical Technician. In high
school she was a member of the Simsbury crew team for three
years and often on the honor roll.
Congratulations to
Nicole Landry for being awarded the 2008 Lieutenant Richard Kelleher
Memorial Scholarship.
Lieutenant Paul Kelley gives a brief history about Lieutenant Richard Kelleher and the scholarship. Lieutenant Kelley congratulates Nicole Landry for being the 2008 recipient of the scholarship.
Lieutenant Paul Kelley gives a brief history about Lieutenant Richard Kelleher and the scholarship.
Photographs by
Cliff Williams
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