Family holds celebration of life to remember Lexi Ringo who was killed in DUI crash

The Ringo family held a celebration of life at the Waterset Community Center to honor their daughter Lexi, who was killed in a DUI crash on Dec. 26th while in the car with her mother.

Her mother, Chrissy Ringo, planned the event alongside her husband, Tim, who is Lexi’s father.

“I’ll always be your mom. She doesn’t need me anymore,” said Chrissy. “She’s in a really good place. But I’m still her connection here.”

Hundreds attended the thoughtful event. Family, friends, neighbors, coworkers, teachers, classmates and students of Lexi came to pay their respects. For some, this was the first time they met her family and for others they have known the Ringos for their entire lives.

“It’s like missing a part of you,” said Chris Holman, her golf coach. “When she passed, it was devastating for a lot of us because she just brought so much light to everyone.”

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“She’s such a shining light just in general,” said Bradley Clark, her friend. “She’s a light in the shadows.”

A light that will never go out thanks to a mother’s love and determination to make sure her daughter is remembered forever.

Chrissy Ringo and her husband Tim set up a memorial scholarship to honor their daughter forever.

“What that does is it still gives me a connection to my daughter,” said Chrissy. “It’s just something that I’ll still be able to brag on her a little bit.”

The couple set up a fundraiser for this memorial scholarship. There was such an outpouring of support that they are close to their new goal of $125,000.