Toran Eulogized by Family, Friends

Family and friends of Stacey Toran, the Raider safety who died in an auto accident Saturday night, gathered Wednesday in the Maranatha Community Church for a memorial service.

“There are a lot of people who knew Stacey as a football player,” said the Rams’ Greg Bell, once Toran’s Notre Dame teammate, who wept through his eulogy. “ . . . To me, Stacey was a brother.”

Toran was also eulogized by Raider Coach Mike Shanahan, former teammate Sammy Seale, Toran’s brother Ira, and Roderick Bone, a friend.

Raider players and coaches arrived by bus from the team’s Oxnard camp. Also attending were holdouts Marcus Allen and Bill Lewis.

Others in attendance included Dan Devine, who recruited Toran for Notre Dame; his first Raider coach, Tom Flores, now the Seattle Seahawks’ general manager; and former teammates Mike Davis, Henry Lawrence, Cle Montgomery, Chris Bahr and Bob Buczkowski.

Toran will be buried in his native Indianapolis.