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WEBVTT DEATHAND FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'REGETTING REACTION FROM THE FAMILYZWRVTHFAMILY.REPORTER: TONIGHT THE FAMILY ISREELING.THEY SENT KCRA A STATEMENTSAYING HER FAMILY ADEARED HER--'S DOORED HER AND LOVED HERAND WILL REMEMBER THIS WOMAN ASMOM WHO ALWAYS HAD A SMILE.SHE WAS A BELOVED MOTHER,GRANDMOTHER AND THE WIDOW OF AWORLD WAR 2 VETERAN.HER FAMILY SAID NEIGHBORS ALWAYSCOMMENTED ABOUT HOW THEY ENJOYEDMARILYN'S COMPANY.>> THE CHRISTMAS TREE, SHE PUTSUP EVERY YEAR.THAT'S HER TRADITION.YOU LACK OUT AND SEE IT ANDTHINK OF HER.SHE'S A VERY SWEET LADY.WE ENJOYED HER.REPORTER: MARILYN'S FAMILY SAIDSHE WAS KNOWN BY HER FIRST NAMEAT HER NEIGHBORHOOD RITE AID ANDRENEWED HER DRIVER'S LICENSE TOCONTINUE TO DO HER OWNSHOPPING.IT WAS DURING A ROUTINE TRIP TOTHE RITE AID TO REFILL APRESCRIPTION WHEN SHEENCOUNTERED THREE ROBBERS WHOPOLICE SAY HAD JUST STOLENOPIOIDS FROM THE PHARMACY.DURING THEIR ESCAPE, ONE ROBBERKNOCKED HER DOWN UNCONSCIOUS.SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITALBUT DIED YESTERDAY FROM HINJURIES.THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO IS HARDTO WATCH.>> THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN INAMERICA.IT SHOULDN'T.REPORTER: MARILYN'S FAMILY ISGRATEFUL FOR THE COMPASSIONPEOPLE ARE EXPRESSED ON SOCALMEDIA, ADDING THE EMOTIONS OFSADNESS AND SHOCK HAVE BEEN WITHUS ALL WEEK.HONESTLY, SOME ANGER IS SETTINGIN BUT THEY WANTED THE PUBLIC TOKNOW MARILYN LEAVES BEHIND A

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The family of 87-year-old Marilyn Stribley said they are, "reeling from her sudden and senseless death" after Stribley was knocked unconscious during a Citrus Heights store robbery several days earlier.The family sent KCRA this statement along, with Stribley's photo Sunday evening:"Her family adored her, loved her and will fondly remember the lady in this picture as 'mom' who always had a smile for everyone," the statement read. "We would like to put a human face to the lady knocked down during the robbery. The details of what happened, everyone has seen. Progress toward apprehending the suspects will be left to law enforcement." Stribley's family said she was a mother of two daughters, a grandmother and the widow of a veteran in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Stribley's family said her Citrus Heights neighbors always commented on how much they enjoyed her company. Shelly Horn lived across the street from Stribley and said her absence is already felt. "The Christmas tree she puts up every year, that's her tradition," Horn said, pointing toward Stribley's home. "It's nice now to look out and think of her, and she's just a very sweet lady. We enjoyed her, and we're going to miss her a lot." Stribley's family said she was known by her first name at the neighborhood Rite Aid. "Staff there has led us to believe she was one of their favorite customers," the family said in the statement. "Last month, she proudly renewed her driver's license to continue doing her own shopping and getting out in the community."Surveillance video from the moments when the robbers knocked Stribley down Nov. 27 in the entrance of the Rite Aid is hard for her family to watch. Citrus Heights police continue to search for the three robbers who stole prescriptions before hitting Stribley. Here's a closer look at the surveillance images."This shouldn't happen in America. It should not," Horn said. "We should do everything we can to look out for ourselves and our neighbors."Stribley's family is grateful for the compassion people have expressed on social media as they cope with their loss. "The emotions of sadness and shock have been with us all week. Honestly, some anger is setting in," her family wrote. "But because of the fundamentals Marilyn taught her daughters and the family values that continue in the extended family, Marilyn leaves behind a small, close-knit family that is supporting one another."Stribley's family says she will be buried alongside her husband of 63 years, William Stribley, at the VA cemetery in Dixon.