Claremorris in mourning after teen death

Shock death of Claremorris student


Michael Commins

THE sudden death of a Leaving Cert student at Mount St Michael Secondary School in Claremorris last week evoked much sadness and regret. Justina Kriaciunaite, a native of Lithuania, died in the Mayo General Hospital in Castlebar following a very brief illness.
Justina (19) came to Claremorris with her parents in 2007. She studied for the Leaving Cert of 2009 but did not sit the exams after getting work in the area during that period.
She returned to Mount St Michael at the start of the current term at the end of August and was studying for the exams in June. She was an only child in the family.
“Justina was a bright, cheerful girl who had paved her way with remarkable independence since coming to Ireland at the age of 16. She died suddenly on Wednesday morning having gone into hospital 12 hours earlier. We are deeply shocked and saddened by her sudden passing. Our thoughts are with her parents at this time,” said school principal, Ms Fionnghuala King.
Removal took place from Gilligan’s Funeral Home to St Colman’s Church yesterday evening (Monday). Students from the school formed a guard of honour. Requiem Mass will be celebrated this Tuesday morning at 10am. This will be followed by cremation in Dublin with the ashes being returned for interment in Lithuania.