Young children held teddy bears during a memorial service for a little girl who died in a swimming pool tragedy just two days before celebrating her eighth birthday with her twin brother, reports Breaking News.
The family of Emili Roman, from Crosshaven, Co Cork, asked their daughter’s friends to bring stuffed toys to her requiem mass at the Church of Our Lady and St. John so that they could be placed on her grave.
Emili’s body was recovered from the water near the shore on Tuesday around 7:30 pm, three hours after the search began near Fountainstown Beach when she disappeared from sight after being in the water.
Emili’s parents, Marta and Sławomir, her older sister Inga and twin Jeremy walked alongside her white coffin as it was carried to the top of the church on Saturday, reports Breaking News.
The photo on Emili’s coffin showed her smiling, standing by the sea, her long blonde hair flowing in the wind.
Fr. Aidan Cremen told mourners that residents of Crosshaven, Fountainstown, Carrigaline and surrounding areas were devastated by the loss of the energetic and loving young girl.
“Emili enjoyed the benefits of living in Crosshaven, her loving parents giving her a fabulous lifestyle. We can’t find words to express how we feel. There must be some comfort that Emili was surrounded with love all her life. (She was) the centre of attention. All the buzz of family life and interactions with her brother and sister and devoted parents,” he said, reports Breaking News.
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