NeVaeh Rose Moorehead

MASON CITY - NeVaeh Rose Moorehead, daughter of Arianna Kennedy and Darrian Moorehead, was silently born on May 14, 2013, at Blank Children's Hospital, a part of Iowa Methodist Medical Center.

Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 23, at Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 Second St. S.E., Mason City. Officiating will be the Rev. Linda Prestholt of Grace Lutheran Church, Hanlontown.

Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to NeVaeh Moorehead Memorial Fund at NSB Bank, 2650 Fourth Street S.W., Mason City, Iowa 50401. Online condolences may be left at www.fullertonfh.com.

NeVaeh Rose was born on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, the daughter of Arianna Marie Kennedy and Darrian Troy Moorehead. Her name is "Heaven" spelled backwards. The arrival of their daughter was happily anticipated until the diagnosis of Anencephaly determined that NeVaeh would never survive beyond her mother's womb. Her birth and death though, involved many close family members who welcomed her to this side of birth while knowing that she is in a better place by going home.

Those surviving NeVaeh include her parents Arianna and Darrian; maternal grandparents, Sara (Brett) Eden of Mason City and Jeromy Kennedy of Hanlontown; and paternal grandmother, Kelli Moorehead, Mason City; great-grandparents, uncles, aunts, and many others.

Her paternal grandfather, McDale "Buddy" Thompson, great uncle Jacob Sullivan, along with many other relatives preceded her in death.

Fullerton Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 123 Second St. S.E., Mason City, Iowa 50401, 641-423-8676, www. Fullertonfh.com.