REEDSBURG, Wis. – People rallied in sympathy for the death of a 13-year-olds middle-school hockey enthusiast who was killed when stuck by a truck while boarding a school bus. Firefighters and paramedics in nearby Baraboo designed stickers to honor Evelyn, pale blue in her team colors with two hockey sticks and her jersey number 42. Proceeds from selling the stickers, at $5, will go the Gurney family. All around Reedsburg, where Evelyn went to school, merchants showed pale blue EV42 symbols of sympathy and support. An online appeal quickly raised $77,000 from 1,100 donors. Supportive messages came from throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota and northern Illinois, where Evelyn played.
Stickers of sorrow. Everywhere. On windshields, backpacks, store windows, even wrapped around jugs of water.
Bouquets at her school. Classes cancelled in Reedsburg.