Tristan Redmond
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A funeral service for Tristan Redmond, a Churchill County sheriff’s deputy who died May 13 due to a motorcycle accident earlier in the month, will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on 450 N. Taylor St.
Bishop Jeff Bradley described Redmond as a good Christian man who was a joker but one who had a positive outlook in life and was willing to help anyone who needed assistance.
“I’ve known him since he was 16 years old,” Bradley said, adding his family moved to Fallon when he was younger. “He always had a smile on his face, and he wanted to see people laugh.”
Bradley said Redmond, who was his nephew, loved the savior and had a strong testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Bradley said the Redmond family moved to Fallon when he was a teenager and he graduated from Churchill County High School in 2013. After graduation, Redmond served a mission for the church and after he returned to Fallon, he married his high-school sweetheart Brianna Hatch. Redmond worked at two different jobs for five years before he applied and was accepted by the Churchill County Sheriff’s Office. He was first assigned to the jail and for the past two years in the field.
During Redmond’s two years as a jailer, Bradley said his nephew wanted to be the most confident person in that job.
The last three weeks since the accident have been difficult for not only Redmond’s law enforcement family but also for his family. Bradley said Redmond loved motorcycles and had recently purchased a newer model.
“He was on his way home, but he ended up hitting some gravel and went into a fence post made of railroad iron,” Bradley said, his voice growing more somber.
Redmond was then taken to Renown by Care Flight.
Bradley said when Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno had the Honor Walk for Redmond, he estimated hundreds of people attended the event. A procession of law enforcement vehicles, ambulances, fire trucks escorted Redmond’s body back to Smith Family Home in Fallon the following day.
The Nevada State Police estimates hundreds of people lined up along the route and on overpasses from Reno to Fallon to pay their final respects to Redmond.
Kevin Lords, who was bishop when Redmond was younger, also knew him as a principal at Churchill County High School after his family moved from California to Fallon.
Lords called Redmond a thoughtful person who helped others not only at school but also at the church.
Churchill County High School English teacher Monica Fairbanks taught both Tristan and Brianna.
“Tristan was a quiet and sincere student with a quick smile and kind heart,” she said. “Years go by and people often forget what level of an academic student was, but they will always remember a positive influence and kind person.”
Fairbanks said she was greatly saddened by Redmond’s death which is a loss for not only his family but the community.
“I know he will forever be remembered fondly, and their family is in my prayers,” she said.