Friday, November 6, 2009

She is with the angels now


Rest in peace now, Jayda.

Sleep easy little baby, you have departed this vale of tears and are with the angels now.

God rest your soul.


Baby laid to rest 2 months after being abandoned
By Peter J. Holley - Express-News

Two months after Jayda De La Rosa’s body was abandoned outside a West Side fire station, the 7-week-old girl again was surrounded by loving family members who held a private funeral service for her Thursday.

About 30 people, many wearing black, filed slowly into St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church for the lunchtime service, which lasted about 30 minutes. Afterward, as family members slid Jayda’s small white coffin into a hearse, many were overwhelmed by tears.

“My heart went out to the baby,” said Yesenia Orozco, a 34-year-old-mother of three who stopped by the service to pay her respects. “She just didn’t deserve to die so young.”

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