Wyoming relatives of 1 of the 19 firefighters killed in Arizona are raising money to help his widow. Marcia and Bill Phillips of Gillette are the aunt and uncle of 25-year-old Billy Warneke. His widow Roxanne is expecting their first child in December. The Phillipses have set up a fund at Wells Fargo Bank in Billy Warneke's name and say donations will help Roxanne Warneke. Warneke was a 4-year Marine Corps veteran who served a tour in Iraq and had joined the Hotshot crew in April. Marcia Phillips says that her nephew wanted to be a firefighter since he was 6. The couple will head to Arizona on Monday to attend Warneke's private funeral service on Wednesday in Tucson.
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