How to aid family during ‘unimaginable difficult time’ after mom died on San Joaquin River
A GoFundMe appeal has launched for the family of Brenda Duran, who died after trying to rescue her daughter on the San Joaquin River.
The online site seeks $10,000 in donations for funeral costs and for living expenses for Duran’s husband and three children.
Duran, 30, was reported missing at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday from the Fisherman’s Bend trailer park near Newman, where the family lives.
She had jumped into the river to aid an 11-year-old daughter who was struggling to stay afloat, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office said. It reported that searchers found Duran’s body at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
“In honor of her memory and the support of her family, we have created this GoFundMe page to raise funds for the Guzman Duran family during this unimaginable difficult time,” the appeal says. It also has a Spanish version.
The family had moved from Washington state just two weeks earlier and was not employed, a cousin told The Modesto Bee on Saturday as a few dozen loved ones gathered next to the river to await word on Duran’s whereabouts.
“Brenda, a young mother full of love and laughter, leaves behind her three children, her husband and her extended family that will forever hold her in her heart,” the appeal says.
As of 10:30 a.m. Monday, it had raised $770 from 19 donors.
