Hundreds of mourners gathered on Saturday to farewell a 15-year-old killed in a horror ute crash last week.
Gabby McLennan’s funeral was held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park at Leppington, in Sydney with distraught friends and family members pictured embracing before the service got underway.
A message in the funeral pamphlet read: ‘Life isn’t measured by the years you live, but by the love you gave and things you did.
‘Yesterday’s memories are more precious than gold. They’re locked in our hearts to have and to hold.’
Gabby died with school friends Summer Williams, 14, Antonio Desisto, 16, Lily Van De Putte, 14, and Tyrese Bechard, 15, when the ute they were in flipped and crashed into two trees on September 6 in Picton.
The ute’s driver and the only survivor of the crash Tyrell Edwards, 18, is in custody after facing court last Thursday on five counts of dangerous driving occasioning death.
Tyrese and Lily have been farewelled at funerals over the past two days.
Gabriella McLennan (pictured), 14, died last Tuesday when a car smashed into two large trees, alongside four school friends
Gabby’s coffin at an emotional funeral service for the teenager on Saturday, attended by hundreds of distraught mourners
Family and friends say goodbye to Gabby as they hold a framed photo of her during her funeral service in Sydney on Saturday
Hundreds of mourners gathered for Gabby McLennan’s funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Park at Leppington, in Sydney
Mourners gather before the funeral service for Gabby. It is the third service for teenagers killed in the horror ute crash
Distraught friends and family members were pictured embracing before the service got underway
Emotions run high at Gabby’s funeral. Gabby died with school friends Summer Williams, 14, Antonio Desisto, 16, Lily Van De Putte, 14, and Tyrese Bechard, 15
The ute’s driver and the only survivor of the crash Tyrell Edwards, 18, is in custody after facing court last Thursday on five counts of dangerous driving occasioning death
The ute’s driver and the only survivor of the crash Tyrell Edwards, 18, is in custody after facing court last Thursday on five counts of dangerous driving occasioning death.
Mourners attending the service at Leppington in Sydney’s southwest on Saturday have been asked by Gabby’s family to wear sky blue to honour the Picton High School student and local soccer player
Mourners attending the service at Leppington in Sydney’s southwest on Saturday have been asked by Gabby’s family to wear sky blue to honour the Picton High School student and local soccer player.
On Friday, hundreds of mourners gathered at St Anthony’s Catholic Church in the hamlet of Tahmoor for Lily’s funeral.
Lily’s father John Van De Putte spoke of her kind nature, including taking blankets from home to give to those less fortunate, giving food to the needy and even helping a little boy with no money on Father’s Day to buy a gift for his dad.
‘Not only was she beautiful, she had a beautiful heart,’ he said.
Mr Van De Putte, who addressed mourners from a wheelchair, also recalled his daughter’s wicked sense of humour, remembering when Lily put his chair in neutral so he couldn’t go anywhere.
A message in the funeral pamphlet read: ‘Life isn’t measured by the years you live, but by the love you gave and things you did’
Mourners support each other at the funeral for Gabby McLennan, one of the teens killed in a shocking ute smash
The crash has devastated the community in the Wollondilly shire, southwest of Sydney. Face-to-face learning at Picton High School has been replaced with online classes until Monday so students can attend the funerals
A mayoral relief fund has also been established to offer financial support to the victims’ families
The victims are being remembered with balloon and streamer tributes in the area, with a different colour dedicated to each teenager
The crash has devastated the community in the Wollondilly shire, southwest of Sydney.
Face-to-face learning at Picton High School has been replaced with online classes until Monday so students can attend the funerals.
The victims are being remembered with balloon and streamer tributes in the area, with a different colour dedicated to each teenager.
A mayoral relief fund has also been established to offer financial support to the victims’ families.
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