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KEN VIEIRA MEMORIAL FUND

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KEN VIEIRA WAS A WONDERFUL MAN LOVED BY MANY PEOPLE! HE WAS AN AVID CYCLIST, AND WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED IN A CYCLING ACCIDENT BY A DRUNK DRIVER,  3/3/2016, IN ORO VALLEY ARIZONA.
HIS WIFE ROSE HAS THIS TO SAY ABOUT HIM:

"I WAS JUST WIDOWED, LOSING A MAN I LOVED SO MUCH IN JUST THE 18 MONTHS WE KNEW EACH OTHER.  KEN VIEIRA WAS THE LIGHT IN  MY DARKNESS, HOPE OF JOY AFTER A TIME OF LOST HOPE.
 HE WAS KIND, CARING, GIVING, A MAN OF DEEP FAITH, ENERGETIC AND LIGHT HEARTED. FOR HIM I PUT ON SHOES WITH CLEATS, AND CLIPPED INTO A TANDUM BIKE TO RIDE 25 MILES. HE WILLINGLY SHORTENED HIS USUAL 35-MILE RIDE TO ACCOMODATE MY KNEE AND WRIST ISSUES.

THOUGHTFUL AND WILLING TO COMPROMISE IN OUR RELATIONSHIP, COMING FROM TWO LONG MARRIAGES TO BUILD A NEW US. LOVED BY MEMBERS OF THE CACTUS CYCLING CLUB AND SMALL GROUPS AT CASAS CHURCH.

KEN'S TRAGIC DEATH ON HIS BICYCLE HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS DOING WHAT HE LOVED, AND AS USUAL, HELPING THE SLOWER RIDERS IN THE REAR. HE IS ALREADY DEEPLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM, ME ESPECIALLY , AFTER LESS THAN TWO YEARS OF GROWING DEEPER IN FAITH AND LOVE. "

PLEASE HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR ROSE'S UPCOMING NEEDS, AND TO HELP MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY COME TOGETHER FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THANK YOU, IT IS MUCH APPREICATED!!!
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  • James Mills
    • $75 
    • 8 yrs
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Organizer and beneficiary

Deb Waegli
Organizer
Tucson, AZ
ROSE VIEIERA
Beneficiary

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