A well-known Rock County volunteer is retiring while continuing to education anyone who will listen about suicide prevention.

After more than five decades volunteering for various Rock County programs, including serving as the unpaid executive director the Suicide Prevention and Safety Series, Tony Farrell Sr. is set to retire March 1st.

Farrell began volunteering with the Rock County Suicide Prevention and Safety Series when he got out of the Wisconsin National Guard in 1970.

In his non-paid role Farrell provided timely presentations seven days a week, at no charge and with no public funding.

In addition to giving presentations on suicide prevention, Farrell was a long-time volunteer with the Rock County Coroner’s Office and later the Medical Examiner’s Department.