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From birth, she had those deep blue alluring eyes and infectious great smile. She was always happy, and could make you feel comfortable with her uncanny-recognizable laugh. In her youth, her closest friend and ally was her brother Michael. They were always together and many thought they were twins. She made friends easily, and many thought they were her closest friend because she treated everyone the same, like a close friend.
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In her early teens, She became addicted to alcohol. She tried rehabilitation several times to no avail. She met and married Brian Robillard in 1986, who had his own addiction problems. They moved quite a lot during their marriage, both wanting to quit their addictions and settle down. Recognizing they couldn't quit while together, they parted as friends in 1992.
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Vikki’s life’s ambition was to become a mother, and in 1993, the joy of her life was born, Charles Michael Bridges. The next year due to an abnormal womb, her son Nichols James was born at 25 weeks and only lived a few hours. Feeling she was responsible for her son’s death, she went into deep depression and started drinking to extreme. She could not be convinced an unknown physical flaw caused the problem, not her. This extreme drinking resulted in her organs being destroyed.
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Recognizing she was not going to be around when Charles became a man, she became his closest friend and tried to instill in him everything he needed to do to become a good man.
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Vikki being a very loving and caring person who did not want others to mourn her passing, tried to extend comfort and ensure others were happy, especially in her last few months. She wanted to be remembered for the enjoyable times she shared with others and never forgotten. Vikki wanted everyone to continue to extend love to each other in her memory.
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Surrounded by family at the Stanford Medical Center, Vikki left this life to be cradled in God’s arms and join family members who preceded her, on January 2, 2004, her maternal grand-parents wedding anniversary.
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Vikki’s survivors include her son Charles; her parents Pauline & Mike Ramos; her siblings James Terry & wife April, Kerry Stream & husband Michael, and Michael Ramos & love Linda Lopez; six loving nieces and nephews; grandfather Ariston Ramos; three aunts and many cousins.
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Her son Nicholas, maternal grandparents, and paternal grandmother preceded her in death.