Colerain Family Takes A Big Loss

The father of Colerain junior defensive back, Dejuan Lang, died Wednesday night from a sudden heart attack.

His father was 47.

The family tragedy occurred three days before the big playoff game between the Colerain Cardinals and the St. Xavier Bombers.

The seeming importance of the game, has taken a back seat to the loss suffered by the Lang and Colerain family.  There will be a game on Saturday that the young participants and their immediate families will be played but the Colerain family with a sense of true loss and diminished joy.

The thrill and satisfaction of competing among the best that Ohio is part of life.  The loss of a loved one is also a part of life.  It is a part of life that no one escapes.  We hope for the best timing in death but we do not get to choose.  Those of us that remain must accept the loss, like it or not.

If there is a positive side to a loss, it is knowing that the burden is shared albeit to a far lessor degree. Dejuan and his family are part of our Colerain larger family.  All of us share in the loss.

We in the Colerain community are also sharing the loss of classmate and teammate, George Bosarge, whose wife Sharon passed away, November 3 from cervical cancer.  Sharon knew six years ago that her cancer was terminal but lived her life to the fullest every day until the end arrived.

Sharon attended Lebanon High School and Miami University.  The Colerain community also shares this loss with George, who played football with us 40 years ago.

The timing was much different from the Lang family loss in that the outcome was known for a long period of time rather than the sudden shock, yet the loss is no less severe.

George should also know that the Colerain community shares in his grief.