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Hours from tragedy: Members of Waukesha's 'Dancing Grannies' brandish pompoms...
• Daily MailThe victims have been identified as Virginia Sorenson, 79; Leana 'Lee' Owen, 71; Tamara Durand, 52; Jane Kulich, 52; Wilhelm Hospel, 82
Gabrielle Kamentz, a nursing student and clinical research assistant at Oshkosh College, posted a tribute to her late grandmother Virginia on Monday
'I'm still in shock and trying to process this as I write. As I continue through nursing school, I will live that legacy to her,' Gabrielle wrote
Virginia had been a member of the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies, a group of elderly women marching in the parade, for almost two decades
Jane's daughter, Taylor Smith, took to social media to post a tribute to her mother
'There's no words. It's so unreal. My mom was killed last night. We are told she didn't suffer,' Taylor wrote on Facebook
'The Milwaukee Dancing Grannies are devastated by this terrible tragedy with of loss of life and injuries in the Waukesha Christmas parade,' the group wrote
Online footage shows some of the dancing grannies just seconds before Brooks plowed through the crowd, as horrified pedestrians tried to save their lives
The Dancing Grannies march approximately 25 parades every year and to join the group the only requisite is to be a grandmother
Four of the five people who were killed when a red SUV sped into a crowd of participants in the annual Christmas parade in Waukesha were members of the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies.
Waukesha police identified the fatal victims as Dancing Grannies Virginia 'Ginny' Sorenson, 79; Leana 'Lee' Owen, 71; and Tamara Durand, 52; and 82-year-old Wilhelm Hospel, the husband of one of the Grannies.
Citizen Bank employee Jane Kulich, 52, was also identified as one of the fatalities. She was representing Citizens Bank in the parade procession when she was stuck and killed, according to her daughter.
Tamara Durand (top), 52, and Leana 'Lee' Owen (bottom), 71, were two members of the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies who died in Sunday's tragedy.
Virginia Sorenson (top), 79, was a nurse and member of the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies, a group of elderly woman marching in the parade. Wilhelm Hospel (bottom), 82, the husband of one of the grannies, died from internal bleeding, according to his older brother
Jane Kulich was a Citizen Bank employee who was walking with a parade float before she was fatally struck