Ahead of Solano County's Walk to End Alzheimer's Saturday morning in Fairfield, one Rio Vista man reflects on how the meaning behind the walks has changed for him in recent years.

Over the past couple of years, Dennis Beck has raised more than $10,000 through the Walk to End Alzheimer's, supporting Alzheimer's research.

Beck has a long family history of dementia. Flipping through photos of his mother, Lillian, he reflected on just how much they had in common.

It wasn't just their shared sweet tooth but the fact that both would be diagnosed with dementia. Lillian passed from the disease more than a decade ago.

Dennis Beck and his mother, Lillian

"It was very, very, very difficult," Beck said.

His diagnosis of late-stage, mild-onset Alzheimer's came about a year and a half ago. It foll

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