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Yvonne McHugh Landry from Castlebar passed away in Boston on Friday.
Fundraising efforts are underway in order to repatriate a young Mayo woman from America in the wake of her sudden passing late last week.
Yvonne Landry (née McHugh) from Castlebar died on Friday, October 3. Yvonne had been living in Boston, Massachusetts, for ten years and passed away peacefully in America.
The Knockthomas native leaves behind her husband, Rick, and her children, Ricky and Tyler.
In the wake of her passing, fundraising efforts immediately began to help bring Yvonne back to Ireland.
Her friends on the other side of the Atlantic wrote fondly of her, describing her as 'one of a kind'.
The GoFundMe fundraiser started yesterday (Sunday, October 5), with the goal of rasing $28,000 (€24,000). Incredibly, within 18 hours of the first donation, they have already reached $20,500 (€17,500) at the time of writing.
You can donate to the 'Yvonne McHugh Landry' fundraiser by clicking here.
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