WEYAUWEGA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The Northeast Wisconsin community is rallying around a Waupaca County family who lost four children in a suspected drunk driving crash Saturday night in Weyauwega.
Daniel (25), Fabian (23), Lilian (14), and Daniela (9) Gonzalez died after the SUV they were traveling in on Highway 10 was hit head-on by a truck, allegedly driven by 47-year-old Scott Farmer of Neenah. Farmer is facing four charges of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle, OWI 5th offense and operating while revoked.
If you’d like to support the family during this difficult time, here are a few different ways you can help:
Make a donation on GoFundMe
Two GoFundMe pages have been set up to help the family hold funeral services for the victims in Wisconsin before taking them back to their birth place of Ecuador to be buried.
One fundraiser was set up by a cousin of the victims and has raised nearly $31,000 as of Tuesday afternoon. The second fundraiser, organized by a parishioner of the Waupaca church where Kurt Schilling serves as pastor, has garnered over $86,000.
Mail a donation
Anyone who is not comfortable donating money online is invited to mail a donation to:
Emmaus Lutheran Church
c/o Kurt Schilling
N180 County Rd A
Waupaca WI 54981
Donate directly in the Weyauwega community
Businesses throughout Weyauwega are doing their part to raise money for the victims’ family.
A donation jug can be found inside JD’s Cafe, located at 316 N. Mill St. in Weyauwega.
Weyauwega Star Daily, a specialty grocery store located at 109 N Mill St., has a donation bin on its checkout counter.
Additionally, a holiday light show in Weyauwega, located at 205 E. Parker Street, plans to donate all money collected at the display between now and the end of the year to the family.
If you are not in the position to make a monetary donation, community members are asked to place a heart in the window of their homes or businesses to show their love and support.
