The 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