DES MOINES, Iowa — Employees at JR’s SouthPork Ranch are leaning on each other during this year’s Iowa State Fair after a former coworker passed away from cancer.
Last Tuesday, 22-year-old Riley Eldridge died after her battle with ovarian cancer. She was diagnosed this past winter. Eldridge worked at the stand for two years, flying in from Connecticut to help her family work the 11 days.
Now, her family at JR’s is wearing pink ribbons in her honor and will also be re-naming the “Can Corral,” where she spent most of her shifts, “Riley’s Can Corral”…