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Canadian woman killed in Las Vegas remembered during memorial Friday in Brandon, Man.

Tara Roe's parents speak Friday after memorial service. Chris Stanton / Global News

Tara Roe was remembered by family and friends Friday afternoon during a memorial service in her hometown of Brandon, Man.

Roe, from Okotoks, Alta., was at Route 91 Harvest Festival with her husband and friends celebrating their anniversary on Oct. 1 when a gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino across the street.

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Roe and her husband Zach got separated in the crowd and chaos after gunfire erupted. It wasn’t until the following evening that he received the news she had died.

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She was one of 58 people shot and killed in the attack.

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The 34-year-old worked as a model in Calgary and was a mother to two young boys.

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“There are two little boys today that don’t have a mom,” family friend Loretta Hamilton previously told Global News. “There’s a handsome young man who does not have his wife…Our beautiful friends, Mark and Brenda, who are missing their daughter.”

The memorial service is expected to run from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. and Roe’s father is expected to issue a statement afterwards at 4 p.m. CT.

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