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Born and raised in St. Paul s historic Rondo neighborhood, LaVera Daisy never strayed too far from home, devoting her life to her community with activism, music and a storied legacy rooted in faith and justice.
Daisy, 73, died Feb. 17 after being struck by a vehicle while walking through the Veterans Affairs parking lot in Minneapolis with her husband, Leon Daisy, who remains hospitalized in critical condition. He was at the VA to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but they never made it to the front door. I wasn t expecting this, my wife leaving me before I leave her, Leon Daisy said in a recent phone interview from his hospital bed, recovering from the crash that left him with a fractured hip, pelvis and vertebrae.