READING, Pa. – It’s been nearly four months since Central Berks Regional police officer Kristen Yeager died in the line of duty after her cruiser crashed in Earl Township.<\/p>\n
Now, friends and loved ones are looking to remember the good times.<\/p>\n
“She was very much a love hard, play hard kind of person, so instead of having everybody together as like a formal event, we wanted to do more of a casual, fun celebration for her,” says Taylor Spangler, the event organizer and a close friend of Kristen’s.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The event will be held October 4th from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Redner’s Event Center at FirstEnergy Stadium. It will include food, drinks, music, auctions, and a number of kids’ activities.<\/p>\n
“If you knew Kristen, if Kristen touched you in any way, please come out and help celebrate her,” says Spangler.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Spangler says she and Kristen became friends partly because they were both women working in emergency services.<\/p>\n
“I was one of Kristen’s dispatchers in 911 for many years when she was an officer throughout the county,” says Spangler. “Her and I bonded over both losing our parents. She lost her mom exactly a year before I lost my dad, so we kind of trauma bonded in that sense.”<\/p>\n
She says Kristen’s untimely death was difficult for many people but no one more than her three children.<\/p>\n
“They’re all small kids, so we want them to be taken care of for the rest of their life for the sacrifice that their mom made for them,” says Spangler.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ticket sales will close early next week.<\/p>\n