USA First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff

Dear First Lady Sarah Stitt,
My name is Angela Lancaster. I lost my daughter, Angel Amanda Peterson, on August 7,
2021, to fentanyl poisoning.
Let me tell you about my daughter. She was a gift from God. Angel was a hard worker.
From the time she was able to walk, she loved horses. Angel was excellent in school also.
She was on the Honor Roll from Kindergarten through her senior year in high school. She
graduated in 2003, with a full ride to Carl Albert State College in Poteau, Oklahoma. Angel
grew up showing Quarter Horses with me. She qualified for the AQHA Junior World Show
for the State of Oklahoma in 1995 and 1996.
When she graduated from high school she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She had
surgery in 2004, and radiation after. Two years later, the cancer came back. She had
surgery and radiation again. Throughout this time, she remained in college. After her
surgery, she even went to school straight from the hospital as soon as she was released.
My daughter finished up with four degrees from 2004 through 2013.
In 2011, she had a son. In 2014, she had a daughter. She was a single parent for most of
their lives.
I don’t know how or why my daughter took a wrong turn. All I do know is that our streets
are filled with this poison, and we are not supposed to be burying our children.
My daughter was the best of me and my best friend.
Please, I ask you to help us with this Memorial Wall so we may continue to spread
awareness and get the word out to stop this epidemic.
My sincere thanks from a grieving mother,
Angela Lancaster – Angel’s mom; forever 36
Gans, Oklahoma
741