MAIMUNA ANYENE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES FROM THE MEMORIAL SERVICE!
At 10:43 a.m. Sunday, more than 100 people observed a moment of silence in West Hartford'sBeachland Park — exactly a week after the crash of a Dana Air plane in Lagos, Nigeria, claimed the lives of Maimuna and Onyeka Anyene, their four children (Kamsi, Kayine, Kayima, and Noah), Maimuna's mother Berkisu Mijindadi, and two cousins.
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It was a morning filled with prayer and song, a blended ceremony of the couple's Muslim and and Christian traditions, their Nigerian and American cultures.
It was a morning full of tears and sorrow, spent among grief-stricken family, friends, and colleagues still struggling to come to grips with the tragedy which took the lives of an entire family — a family that touched the lives of so many.
It was also a morning of celebration, as those who knew and loved the Anyenes spoke of their kindness and generosity, their dedication to family and careers, and the way in which their spirits will continue to live on through others.
"The power of Maimuna's smile, her love and gracious spirit, have all brought us here today," said Mari Sifo, who opened the ceremony with a prayer.
Beachland Park, which is next to the Quaker Green neighborhood where the Anyenes lived, was the chosen site for the memorial because Maimuna loved to bring her children there to play. Everything about the morning was filled with significance, from the lilacs (her favorite flowers) on the tables, to the green ribbons worn in honor of all the plane crash victims, to the white balloons said to represent the angels here on earth.
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It was a morning filled with prayer and song, a blended ceremony of the couple's Muslim and and Christian traditions, their Nigerian and American cultures.
It was a morning full of tears and sorrow, spent among grief-stricken family, friends, and colleagues still struggling to come to grips with the tragedy which took the lives of an entire family — a family that touched the lives of so many.
It was also a morning of celebration, as those who knew and loved the Anyenes spoke of their kindness and generosity, their dedication to family and careers, and the way in which their spirits will continue to live on through others.
"The power of Maimuna's smile, her love and gracious spirit, have all brought us here today," said Mari Sifo, who opened the ceremony with a prayer.
Beachland Park, which is next to the Quaker Green neighborhood where the Anyenes lived, was the chosen site for the memorial because Maimuna loved to bring her children there to play. Everything about the morning was filled with significance, from the lilacs (her favorite flowers) on the tables, to the green ribbons worn in honor of all the plane crash victims, to the white balloons said to represent the angels here on earth.
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