Gerald and Darlene Dinger of Britton, South Dakota, were on their way to Rogers, Minnesota, when their path brought them through Sauk Centre, Minnesota. As they drove, they saw a pink trailer in the parking lot of a local business.
When the Dinger’s took a closer look at the trailer, they saw the trailer was a Felling FT-3 and had a bright pink Breast Cancer Awareness sticker on it. This sticker struck a chord for the Dingers, as they lost their second-oldest daughter, Cheryl Stiegelmeier, to breast cancer a few years prior.
The couple decided they wanted their own pink trailer. The Dingers spoke with a Felling Trailers sales consultant and told him how they had lost their daughter and wanted to order a trailer like the one they had seen. The sales consultant set them up with Albers Sales, a Felling Trailers authorized dealer out of Oaks, North Dakota.
For Cheryl, her journey started with a bruise. At the time, Cheryl thought nothing of it. As the bruise faded though, Cheryl started having bad pain in her leg, and unlike the bruise, the pain got worse. The pain persisted long enough that Cheryl went in to have it checked out. The doctor did some tests and ordered X-rays but could not find anything.
“When the pain did not go away, Cheryl decided it was time for a second opinion,” says Darlene. The second doctor found what the first had missed. The X-rays showed signs of cancer. At the age of 43, Cheryl Stiegelmeier was diagnosed with breast cancer and it had already spread to her bones. Cheryl passed away three years later.
Each year the Stiegelmeier and Dinger families participate in the Relay for Life in Britton, South Dakota. The Dingers plan on using the trailer, which has a decal of Cheryl, as part their Relay for Life fundraising efforts.
