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May the Lord bless you on this horrible day of remembrance. I think of your family all year round.
Ann Marie Curling
December 14, 2021 | BRIGHAM CITY, UT
Days before the Connecticut shooting rampage, the boyfriend of Rachel D'Avino had asked her parents for permission to marry her.
D'Avino was a behavioral therapist who had only recently started working at the school where she was killed, according to Lissa Lovetere Stone, a friend who is handling her funeral planned for Friday. D'Avino's boyfriend, Anthony Cerritelli, planned to ask her to marry him on Christmas Eve, Lovetere Stone said.
Lovetere Stone said she met D'Avino in 2005 when D'Avino was assigned to her son, who has autism, in their town of Bethlehem. D'Avino, 29, was so dedicated she'd make home visits and constantly offered guidance on handling situations such as helping her son deal with loud music at a wedding.
"Her job didn't end when the school bell rang at 3 o'clock," Lovetere Stone said.
Police told her family that she shielded one of the students during the rampage, Lovetere Stone said.
"I'm heartbroken. I'm numb," Lovetere Stone said. "I think she taught me more about how to be a good mother to a special needs child than anyone else ever had."
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May the Lord bless you on this horrible day of remembrance. I think of your family all year round.
Ann Marie Curling
December 14, 2021 | BRIGHAM CITY, UT
To Rachel’s Family
May Rachel Surround Each Of You With Her Warmth From Her Rays Of Sunshine. Sending You Heavenly HugsA Mom Of An Angel
December 14, 2021 | MA
I know you're smiling down on the next generation of students attending Sandy Hook.
Alex
February 06, 2020
Can't believe it's been 7 years on Saturday 14th. I've gone on to donate several times to the Sandy Hook Promise.
To me you will always be a hero for overcoming your disability and for protecting your kids in that school.
Your family will always be in my heart and prayers.
Cheryl Gallagher
December 17, 2019 | HUBBARD, OH
Happy holidays, angel
December 12, 2019
May the love of friends and family carry you through your grief.
A.L.
November 08, 2019
Hey Rachel,
I briefly thought of you a few days ago because of yet another tragedy that led to seven lost lives. Take care of them, my friend...
A.L.
September 05, 2019
December 14, 2012 will be remembered as a devastating day for Newtown and the state of Connecticut.
As someone who lives with Aspergers, I commemorate the loss of you and 25 others from this awful tragedy. Take care of your wonderful educators and friends up in heaven, including Lauren Rousseau, Victoria Soto, Mary Sherlach, Principal Hochsprung and Anne Marie Murphy. You all made Sandy Hook a really good place to be.
Alex
May 24, 2019 | Greater Toronto Area, Ontari
GONE TOO SOON.......PRAYERS
Valenda Newell
June 20, 2017 | Indianapolis, IN