Keera Nicole Breedlove Dague

Keera Nicole “Nikki” Breedlove Dague passed away April 16, 2013 after a long fought battle with CF and most recently the rejection of her lungs following her transplant three years ago.

Keera is survived by the love of her life, Efrem Dague; her mother, DeeDee and birth father, Blair; father, Jimmy (Rita); brothers, Jay, Spencer (Felisha) and Tyler; sister, Lillian; niece, Dalylah; grandmothers, Patty and Sally. Keera is also survived by her second family, Keith, Jan, Mandarin (Jeff), Jenna (Mike), Lea and Grandma Dague; and numerous family and friends whose lives she touched and whom she left such precious memories.

The family would like to thank Dr. Kimberly McBennett and all the nurses on 6200 at Akron Children’s Hospital for the love, support and care that was shown to her throughout the many years she spent at Children’s. We are also grateful to her lung donor who gave us three more years with her. Also to Pastor Brian who baptized Keera and for whom she found comfort in their visits.

Friends may call at Hopkins Lawver Funeral Home, 547 Canton Road, Akron, Ohio 44312, from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Memorial service will be Friday, 11 a.m. at Oak Hill Presbyterian Church, 2406 Ardwell Avenue, Akron, Ohio 44312, with Pastor Brian Nutt officiating. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Keera’s memory to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, P.O. Box 52074, Phoenix, AZ 85072-2074; The Adolescent Unit 6200 at Akron Children’s Hospital, One Perkins Square, Akron, OH 44308; or HelpHopeLive, Two Radnor Corporate Center, 100 Matsonford Rd., Suite 100, Radnor, PA 19087.