Bereaved Parents share at candlelight service

YOUNGSTOWN

Buffy Gasior remembers her son, Seth, for his singing and cooking talents, but mainly for the close relationship they shared.

It was a relationship cut short in March 2008, when Seth suddenly died of a pulmonary embolism at age 25.

“Seth will always be with me in spirit; he’s part of me,” the Youngstown mother said after Tuesday’s annual candlelight memorial service at First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown, 201 Wick Ave., on the city’s North Side.

About 20 people attended the somber gathering, hosted by the Mahoning County-Youngstown Chapter of Bereaved Parents of the USA, to remember and honor children, grandchildren and siblings who died.

Bereaved Parents is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping parents and families cope with grief after the loss of a child.

Chapter meetings allow participants to share with other attendees their struggles in a nonjudgmental environment and draw support from one another.

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