Very short, but wanted to let people know that Tricia’s daughter Franki (Francesca) provided a link to a Go Fund Me created to help Joey pay funeral expenses.
Tricia Wyse Lefevre final expenses
Update: Their goal is $5000 and it’s up to $1445 already. This community is so very generous.
Update 2: Now at $3050 thanks to this very generous community.
Update 3: Now at $4600 - what an amazing tribute to Tricia and her impact on this community.
Update 4- I just got a message from Franki on Facebook for the DKos community:
"I am in shock..you are all angels" and
"I am in awe..you are all amazing. Please send my thanks to everyone. It means so very much to me. My mom would be so proud"
Wednesday, Mar 9, 2016 · 8:05:55 PM +00:00 · Actbriniel
Update — within 24 hours over $7000 has been raised. What a tremendous community effort for one of our own. Thank you to all who donated, recced, shared and commented. Tricia would be proud.
Updated 03/10/16 — From the Go-Fund-Me page: (Thank you for the idea Common Sense Mainer — Hugs!) We are at $7245.00 as of this morning — WOW
Update # 2... We are making progress on the final arrangements for Tricia. She will be cremated over this coming weekend.We asked the church for Saturday the 19th of March. I am waiting for a time and confirmation of the date. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1811 Seabrook Ave. Cary, North Carolina 27511. Please remember this is tentative until I get confirmation within a day or two. I wanted everyone to know so if you are planning on attending you have ample time to make your travel arrangements or if you would like to send flowers. I was told there will be a meal served at the church after the service, luncheon/ dinner .What I need from everyone is if you are going to attend the services to please email that information to me at peg0206@ aol.com .I need a head count for the church so they can be prepared. There has been a lot of interest from many of you about attending. You are so wonderfully generous, we are over our goal. She was so loved and will be sorely missed. I wish she knew how much she was loved. Thank you all for your support.
Update # 3... As most of you are aware I am Tricia's Aunt and I am handling some of the planning and financial end of Tricia's funeral, with this said I wanted to make you the donors aware that I paid for funeral fees from my own personal money as it was due this morning to get started .I have not accessed the go fund me fund as yet.Any additional funeral expenses will come from the go fund me campaign. Also I am going to withdrawal from it to reimburse myself for what I have put out of pocket thus far.Just want to update you the donors as to what is happening with the funds. Thank you, Peg.
03/10/2016: 2:43pm — Michael (Common Sense Mainer) just sent to me..(from Tricia’s aunt, Peg)
Confirmation of funeral details from Tricia's Aunt Peg: "Joey heard from the church today. We have confirmation for services at 10:00 am on the 19th of March. The church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints 1811 Seabrook Ave. Cary, North Carolina 27511. Please email me at peg0206@aol.com to let me know if you will be attending or contact me through this site,as the church needs a head count. This is all coming together nicely.I know Tricia would be happy. Thank you all."