The first funeral of the three victims of the Boston marathon bombings has been announced as the family of Krystle Campbell said they will bury the 29-year-old woman on Monday.
Campbell's relatives yesterday described her as 'an incredible and loving sister, daughter, niece, granddaughter and friend,' and explained arrangements for their final goodbye.
Lillian Campbell, Krystle's grandmother, told the Boston Herald said the family has planned a wake for the woman from 3 pm to 7 pm Sunday at Dello Russo Funeral Home on Main Street in Medford.
Tragic: The family of Boston bombing victim, Krystle Campbell (pictured), will say their final goodbyes on Monday
Heartbroken: Krystle's mother Patty Campbell, center, is flanked by her brother, John Reilly, and son, Billy, as she talks to reporters the family home in Medford, Massachusetts
Relatives will hold a funeral Mass in St Joseph's Church on Monday at 11 am. Campbell will then be buried in Medford's Oak Grove Cemetery.
Lillian Campbell told the Boston Herald that the support the family has received has been 'Amazing. Amazing.'
The family asked people for contributions to the Krystle M. Campbell Memorial Fund in lieu of flowers.
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Campbell was named as the second person to die in the Boston Marathon outrage.She had joined her friend, Karen Rand, near the finishing line to cheer on Karen’s boyfriend in the race.
The pair were caught in the first explosion, and father William Campbell and his wife spent 12 hours believing that doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital were operating on their daughter’s leg.
‘We had the doctors come out and tell us everything they did [for the survivor] – and it wasn’t our daughter,’ said Mr Campbell, 56.
Tribute: Krystle's grandmother said that the support the family has received has been 'Amazing. Amazing.'
When doctors allowed the couple in at 2am to see the patient, they were horrified to discover their recovering patient was Rand.
Mr Campbell said: ‘I said, “That’s not my daughter, that’s Karen! Where’s my daughter?” The doctors were as shocked as we were.’
An hour later, a police detective arrived and showed them a picture of their daughter.
‘I almost passed out on the floor,’ said Mr Campbell. Relatives believe the tragic mix-up occurred because Karen had been carrying her friend’s ID.
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Mr Campbell said his daughter had been ‘Daddy’s little girl’, adding: ‘My daughter was the most lovable girl. She was a wonderful, wonderful girl, always willing to lend a hand.
‘She helped everybody, and I’m just so shocked right now. We’re just devastated.'Krystle had attended the University of Massachusetts-Boston and had been living with her grandmother to care for her during an illness over the past couple of years. She went to watch the marathon every year.