I am Valerie Bidrawn, Mitch Bidrawn's daughter. Mitch had been fighting stage 4 bladder cancer since August 2023. He fought with everything he had in him to stay with us. But, he sadly lost his fight on July 2nd, 2025. He was 56 years old and still had so much of his life to live. His pride and joy was always his family - his beautiful wife, his two daughters, and his three grandchildren. He was the best husband, father, and papa anyone could've asked for.

Mitch worked at Toyota for over 13 years. He started at TFS and ended up with TMNA in storage and backup. He was deeply loved and respected by his colleagues and friends at Toyota. He loved to say he "drank the Kool-Aid of Toyota", our family has loved the company for as long as I can remember. He was proud that his success let him end up at Toyota.

Our family is asking for donations of any amount to give my dad the proper send off he deserves. He made a statement on the world and we want to honor that even through his death. He is being cremated and wanted his ashes to be spread in both California and in Texas. We want to give him exactly what he wanted. The funds will be used for his cremation, memorial bench, cost of travel, cost of the service, and anything related to that. In the case of any excess funds - they will be used for his wife, Jill, to make her life as easy as possible after this tragedy. He loved providing for his family and was devastated he would not be able to anymore. He only stopped working two days before he was put on hospice, to say he was a selfless man would be an understatement.

We will have a small service for his coworkers and friends in Texas, and in August or September we will be going to California to have his celebration of life and scatter his ashes with close family and friends. We do not have an exact date yet.

Thank you to everyone who took time out of their day to read this and to those who loved Mitch while he was here.