A Hampden County community is mourning the loss of one of their friends. Patricia Murphy Waggoner was killed in a drunk driving accident. On Friday, the driver was charged with her death. Her friends want people to remember her and justice to be served.

Its been nearly a month since Wendy Thomas's friend and neighbor died at the hands of a drunk driver. But the memories of Patricia Murphy Waggoner are far from fading. "There was a big life that she brought to everyone around her because she was so outgoing," said Thomas.

63 year-old Waggoner lived in Brimfield with her boyfriend for the past fifteen years. Last month she was driving to Pennsylvania to visit her grandchildren. On her way there she was hit head-on by 22 year-old Roisin O'Neill who was driving with twice the legal alcohol limit and going north in the southbound lane of the highway. "I hope they can come down stronger on drunk drivers and make it hard for them to ever do it again," said Thomas.

On Friday, O'Neill was charged with vehicular homicide and driving under the influence. But that doesn't make the grief of missing Waggoner any easier. "It is just a big feeling of loss in the whole neighborhood here," said Thomas.

Wagggoner was a graphic designer in Hartford and was ready to retire in a year. She was also a graduate of Massachusetts College of Art in Boston where a memorial scholarship has been set up in her name. For more information on the scholarship fund, go to www.licensedart.net/patwaggoner/.