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Gavin Funke is rallying help to support his friend, Veterans Affair nurse Jimmy Dowdle, who is battling cancer.

Dowdle, a devoted family man, is working two jobs despite his diagnosis.

A GoFundMe page aims to secure his family's future amid the uncertain prognosis.

SALT LAKE CITY — You never know where you're going to meet your best friends.

For Gavin Funke, that moment happened at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Salt Lake City.

"Jimmy's one of those people that the minute you meet him, you just know what a good person he is," said Funke.

When Funke first started working at the Veterans Affairs a couple of years ago, it was Jimmy Dowdle who made him feel welcome.

"Huge heart, always crackin' jokes, smilin'," Funke remembered. "I mean

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