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St. Mark's Church Reaches Out To Family of Girl in Newtown Shooting
St. Mark's in Geneva received donations to help some former members dealing with the loss of their granddaughter, Charlotte Bacon. She was one of the first-graders who died in the Dec. 14 Newtown school shooting.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Geneva gathered donations to help some former members who lost a granddaughter in Friday's tragic shooting in Connecticut.
Dan and Lindie Bacon are former St. Mark's missionaries and Batavia residents. , this year to help raise their grandchildren. One of those grandchildren, 6-year-old Charlotte Bacon, was one of the 20 students who died in the shooting at Sandy Hill Elementary School in Newtown.
On Sunday, the church received donations to purchase an airplane ticket for one of the family's sons living in Australia, and also for the granddaughter's funeral, the Aurora Beacon-News reports.
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A visitation will be held for Charlotte today, Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 85 Mount Pleasant Road in Newtown. A memorial service will take place there on Wednesday, Dec. 19, according to Honan Funeral Home in Newtown.
How to Help Charlotte's Family
In place of flowers, contributions in Charlotte's memory can be sent to:
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Christ the King Lutheran Church
85 Mt. Pleasant Road
Newton, CT 06470
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