A tribute in roses: Rose Bowl float honors former Montanan
Billing Gazette | Leann Eckroth
Photo: Annika Plummer, second from right, holds a portrait of her deceased husband, Tyler, made from flower seeds, while kneeling next to Tyler’s father, Boyd, left, and mother, Susan, far right, last week in the lobby of the Eye Bank of North Dakota in Bismarck, N.D. Tyler, an eye donor, died earlier this year, and his portrait will be on the Donate Life Float in the annual Rose Bowl Parade on New Year’s Day in California. In the background are relatives Rodney and Teri Nelson, with grandson, Haakon, Jen and Dey Obrigewitch, Marni Wade and Birch Obrigewitch, 7.
BISMARCK, N.D. -- Family members paid a special tribute to eye donor Tyler Plummer, 33, of Dickinson this month when they finished creating an image of him for a Rose Bowl Parade float featuring organ donors.
Tyler, who grew up in Baker, Mont., died from complications caused by a viral-based heart condition on Jan. 25.
His eyes have been given to two recipients in Indiana, said Karen Thomas, executive director of the Eye Bank of North Dakota.
Most of his float portrait was completed by float organizers in Pasadena, Calif., using seeds and other plant material.
On Dec. 18, his family completed the eyebrows of Tyler’s “floragraph†portrait on the Donate Life float. They also pasted roses around his image. Tyler’s face will be among 72 donors recognized on the parade float. Riders on the float include recipients of the organs, tissues or cornea transplants or a donor’s family members.
Plummer’s family will watch the parade from their homes in Montana and Dickinson.
BISMARCK, N.D. -- Family members paid a special tribute to eye donor Tyler Plummer, 33, of Dickinson this month when they finished creating an image of him for a Rose Bowl Parade float featuring organ donors.
Tyler, who grew up in Baker, Mont., died from complications caused by a viral-based heart condition on Jan. 25.
His eyes have been given to two recipients in Indiana, said Karen Thomas, executive director of the Eye Bank of North Dakota.
Most of his float portrait was completed by float organizers in Pasadena, Calif., using seeds and other plant material.
On Dec. 18, his family completed the eyebrows of Tyler’s “floragraph†portrait on the Donate Life float. They also pasted roses around his image. Tyler’s face will be among 72 donors recognized on the parade float. Riders on the float include recipients of the organs, tissues or cornea transplants or a donor’s family members.
Plummer’s family will watch the parade from their homes in Montana and Dickinson.
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