Olivia Wendolyn Lewis
Born: Sun., Oct. 14, 2007
Died: Tue., Mar. 18, 2014
Visitation
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Mon., Mar. 24, 2014
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Mon., Mar. 24, 2014
Location: G. J. Gonce Funeral Home, P.A.
Mass of Christian Burial
10:00 AM Tue., Mar. 25, 2014
Location: St. Jane Frances Church
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Olivia Wendolyn Lewis, age 6, and Emma Sophia Lewis, age 3, residents of Lander, Wyoming for 4 years, died tragically on March 18, 2014 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident near their home in Lander.
Born on October 14, 2007, in Maryland, Olivia was one of the sweetest, kindest people. She loved people, and made so many friends in her short life. She was very, very active, and loved dancing and drawing. She loved school and was just beginning to read and write; she loved reading with her mommy and daddy at night. Olivia will be greatly missed by all who knew her; she would have been a magnificent young lady.
Born on December 20, 2010, in Wyoming, Emma was a character: she had an intense sense of her individuality, and we loved her for that. She loved letters (she knew her whole alphabet by 2) and was trying to read even at three. She was a strong little girl who loved superheroes. She loved laughing and could continually get in and out of trouble as she saw fit. Emma will be greatly missed; we could not wait to see what a beautiful person she would be.
The two angels are survived by their dear sister Vivian; their loving parents Rebecca and Sean Lewis; their proud grandparents Claire and David Horvath, and Maureen and Gordon Lewis; and eight aunts and uncles: Eric, Noel, Faith, Paul, Nathan, Christopher, and Andrew Lewis, and Jennifer Wittich.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held in St. Jane Frances Church on Tuesday at 10 AM, with Monsignor Carl Cummings Officiating. Their burial will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery. Family requests friends visit on Monday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 PM at the Gregory J. Gonce Funeral Home, 169 Riviera Drive, Pasadena, 21122, and you may leave condolences here as well.
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Donna Boccabella
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Posted Sat March 22, 2014
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My heart is broken at the loss of these two little angels. May Our Lady, who knew what it was to lose a child, sustain you in the difficult times ahead. My prayers are with you.
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Diane Nicholson
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Posted Sun March 23, 2014
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My heart aches for your family and I keep you in my thoughts and prayers. May those beautiful little girls watch over you from heaven and be your own patron saints.
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Gail Wittich
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Posted Sun March 23, 2014
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 Expressions of Sorrow was sent by Wittich and Campbell Family.
Dear Becca, Sean, Vivian, Claire, David, Jenny, and Nick,
Please accept our deepest condolences on the loss of your beautiful little girls,
Olivia and Emma.
With love from Gail, Tena, Jeremy, Beate, Julia and Kaitlyn
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Sam Fatzinger
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Posted Sun March 23, 2014
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I only know your sweet faces from your loving Grandma Claire. Our family and friends have been praying our hearts out for your tragic loss. WE will be asking Olivia and Emma to pray for us and to play with our three babies in heaven. Not sure how God will use this, but I know God is going to continue to use your family to bring others closer to HIM.
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Jennifer Hoitsma Mallios
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Posted Sun March 23, 2014
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Your family is in our thoughts constantly. Love and light to you and your little angels.
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Mary Pat Benson
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Posted Sun March 23, 2014
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May God grant you comfort and consolation in this difficult time. Your family is in my thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely, Mary Pat Benson (friend of Karen Beach)
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Kathleen Nance
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Posted Sun March 23, 2014
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I am so very sorry for your loss. Your family is in my prayers!
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Maria Hutchings
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Posted Sun March 23, 2014
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My most sincere and deppest condolences to the family.
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Glayde and Colin Goodenough
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Posted Sun March 23, 2014
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Our hearts are broken to hear of this tradegy. No words can express our sadness and sympathy. Please know you are in our prayers. We love you guys! May our Lord Jesus help you each day. Glayde and Colin
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Connie Fuller
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Posted Sun March 23, 2014
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We don't know each other but I heard of your recent loss and just wanted to express my deepest sorrow over this.
My husband and I (and our other three children) lost our daughter suddenly many years ago. Susie was seven. She was Allison's twin.
I know that right now, no words can be the right words to say to you.
I just want you to know that if you ever feel you would like to talk with someone who has experienced something similar (none can compare for you, I know), I am here and would welcome the e-mail or phone call. My home number is: 540 373 1077. Your family is in our prayers.
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Victoria
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Posted Sun March 23, 2014
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We are praying for your family in this time of loss! May Our Lady and Her Son give you their solace and comfort in your grief.
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Brendan and Claire Cronin
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Posted Mon March 24, 2014
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Dearest Sean and Becca,
Brendan and I are so very sorry for the loss of your two babies. Becca,
though we were never close at UD, I always felt closer to you after we both
became moms, always relating to and sharing in your Facebook stories of
parenting ups and downs. We wish you both and Vivian healing and grace,
strength from the Holy Spirit, and love from your UD family. You are constantly
in our prayers.
Brendan and Claire Cronin
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Maureen McGonigle Kinsella
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Posted Mon March 24, 2014
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You are all in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.
Sincerely,
Bob and Maureen
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Theresa (Currano) Talavera
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Posted Mon March 24, 2014
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Praying for you all in this heartbreaking time. May you be comforted by the knowledge that your little girls are waiting for you in Heaven with Jesus, and may Our Lady, who knows the pain of losing a child, hold you all in her arms as you grieve.
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mary antonelli
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Posted Mon March 24, 2014
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My heart is filled with sorrow at the greatest loss imaginable. May the Blessed Mother cradle you in her arms and tenderly soothe your spirit.
Christ our King - Thy Kindgom Come
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Katie Asselin
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Posted Mon March 24, 2014
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Dear Becca and family,
I am sorry I am unable to be there physically but I have offered intentions to my spiritual group of +200 prayer warriors in Quito, Ecuador and Seattle, WA asking that your family finds peace with God.
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Marianne Wadle
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Posted Mon March 24, 2014
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 GRANDMA'S GARDEN TABLE BASKET was sent by Chuck and Marianne Wadle and family.
May God grant you the serenity to accept the things you cannot change, Courage to change the things you can, and Wisdom to know the difference. Know that our prayers are with all of you. Heaven awaits your beautiful little girls.
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Judith & Floyd Culhane
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Posted Mon March 24, 2014
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We are saddened by the loss of your dear girls. So many times we watched the 3 sisters playing together, and never an angry word among
them. They just loved to laugh and play together. It is good that your
family has such a strong religious faith to help you with your grief. Someone sent this poem to me when I lost a loved one, and I found the
words very comforting:
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!"
"Gone where?"
Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!" there are other voices ready to take up the glad shout: "Here she comes!"
And that is dying.
Anonymous
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Barbara & Tom Allen
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Posted Mon March 24, 2014
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Our hearts are saddened hearing of this tragic loss. Sitting in a meeting of The Compassionate Friends (TCF) in Chicago, I glanced at my email. Reading the notice of Olivia and Emma's death, I stopped the meeting to share. Everyone sitting around that table have lost children, siblings and grandchildren - that's what TCF is for - providing hope when the impossible happens.
Please know that thirteen people whose names you need not know stopped, cried and prayed for the family and these two precious angels. We dedicated the rest of our efforts to the family and Emma and Olivia. You are not alone now or in the harsh times to come. Our prayers continue.
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Claire Petree
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Posted Mon March 24, 2014
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GRANDMA'S GARDEN TABLE BASKET was sent by Nick . Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time.
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Karen Gempel
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Posted Mon March 24, 2014
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Sean, Becca, and Vivian,
My heart and prayers have been with you continually since I read the sad news of sweet Olivia and Emma. My our Lord comfort and be with you always. Take heart, for our faith is true, and Jesus is with us always, even unto the end of the world.
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The Balch Family
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Posted Mon March 24, 2014
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We only know you because of your Grandmother Claire, but our hearts ache for you. We would like to send our deepest condolences on the loss of your sweet sweet angels. Our thoughts and prayers are with your entire family during this most difficult time. May God's love and mercy be with you now and always.
Tom, Kathryn, Zach and Trevor Balch
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Kat Carpeaux
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Posted Mon March 24, 2014
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May their beautiful souls rest in peace. Sean and Becca, my very deepest and sincerest condolences.
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Debra Romanick Baldwin and family
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Posted Mon March 24, 2014
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My husband Toby and I send our heartfelt condolences for your unimaginable loss. Please know that you and your family are in our hearts, our thoughts, and our prayers.
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Emory and Debby Volkman
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Posted Mon March 24, 2014
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Dear Becca, Sean, Claire and Dave,
We were so sorry to hear of your tragic loss. Rely on your strong faith to help you through this difficult time. You know how Jesus loved the little children. Olivia and Emma will be in his care until you are all together again. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
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Linda Vitchock
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Posted Tue March 25, 2014
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Dearest Becca, Sean, Dave and Claire,
Your entire family is in my heart, my thoughts and most of all my prayers. All words seems so inadequate but I do know Our God promises to heal the brokenhearted. May His love, promises, and comfort surround you now and sustain you until you see your angels again.
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MaryAnn Davies
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Posted Tue March 25, 2014
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Dears, You are in my hearts and prayers. As a grandmother I can only imagine the pain you are feeling. I will continue to hold you in my heart . MaryAnn
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Gerard Wegemer
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Posted Tue March 25, 2014
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Dear Becca and Sean,
My prayers join those of hundreds of your UD friends during this time of heart-wrenching grief. May Olivia and Emma, our new heavenly intercessors, help us all on this day marking Mary's heroic "Be it done to me according to your word," mysterious and challenging as that Word can be in this vale of tears.
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Bernadette and Dane Waterman
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Posted Tue March 25, 2014
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Dear Sean and Becca,
Dane and I and Kalisi (we who are in Dallas) are praying for you, heartbroken at the news. I'll try to send more but it's so hard to write; Dane remembers the delightful girls when he visited you last October. God bless you, God bless you--the gift of them so lovely, the shock of their loss so stunning--so sudden. God knows what He's doing--clearly nothing in this bewildering world is outside His plan--and we can't know what he is doing, but only trust that He will take our pain and shape it into good. Prayers continue. The other Watermaidens will have just heard by now--they'll be praying too.
Bernadette Waterman Ward
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CHRISTINE O'LOUGHLIN
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Posted Tue March 25, 2014
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Bill and I are so very sorry for your loss. I recently re-read the wonderful little story "Heaven is for Real", and recall that little Colton was able to tell others, "Don't worry, the first person you're going to see in Heaven is Jesus". I truly believe your Emma and Olivia are with Jesus, and He is caring for them just as He is caring for you. Our prayers for your family during this time of great sadness.
Christine & Bill O'Loughlin
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Patricia Cavanaugh
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Posted Wed March 26, 2014
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With sincere sympathy, love and prayers for little Angels Olivia and Emma, we pray for God's continued strength and blesings on their family and friends. Sincerely, Pat and Jim Cavanaugh Columbia, Md.
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Ashley Roncaglione
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Posted Thu March 27, 2014
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I did not know Olivia personally, but I was so incredibly saddened to read of the death of someone so young and I wanted to express my deepest sympathy for your family. At times like this,I have personally found Jesus Christ's words at John 5:28,29 to be truly comforting. There he promised that "the hour is coming when all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out...to a resurrection of life." I look forward to the time when I can see my loved ones again so much. Feel free to contact me at the attached email address and again I'm so sorry for your loss.
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Kathy Callaghan
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Posted Thu March 27, 2014
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Dear Claire and Dave - Please accept my deepest condolences, and know that you are in my thoughts and prayers.
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Denise Mason
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Posted Fri March 28, 2014
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Dear Claire,
Words cannot express my sorrow for your loss. My prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time.
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Christianna Knights
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Posted Mon March 31, 2014
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I am so sorry for your loss. My heart goes out to you. May the words at Revelation 21:4 be of great comfort to you.
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