Mother Of 4 Elsa Grace Torres Dies Just Days Before Family's Planned Move In Virginia
There was a new beginning waiting for Elsa Grace Torres.
Just two days before the 32-year-old mother of four was set to move into a new home with her family, that future disappeared in a tragic crash.
Now, the people she leaves behind aren't just mourning how she died. They're remembering how she lived.
Torres, of Luray, Virginia, died Friday, July 10. She is survived by her four children, Isaac, Penelope, Phoenix and Indie, along with her partner, Jeff Kline, her mother, seven siblings and a large extended family.
A GoFundMe created by her sister, Hannah Evans, says Torres also leaves be…
Beloved Putnam Speech-Language Pathologist, Mom Of 3, Remembered For Love Of Her 'Kiddos'
A beloved elementary school worker who helped students find their voice is being remembered for the care and compassion she showed every child she met.
Maura Babbitt, of Putnam, died Saturday, July 11, her family said on social media. The wife and mother of three boys was a fighter, they said. She survived leukemia in her 20s and later beat breast cancer. Her family did not disclose the cause of her death.
"My mother was dealt cards that no one should’ve been dealt, but she took them, played them, and continued to prioritize everyone else around her before herself," her son Aidan Babbitt wr…
Nearly $100K Raised In 48 Hours For Virginia Father, Community Leader: 'Unimaginable Void'
The numbers keep climbing.
Less than two days after Sathguru Dhandapani's death, nearly 1,000 people have donated almost $100,000 to help the Northern Virginia father's family, a reflection of the impact friends say he quietly made on thousands of lives long before they were asked to give.
Dhandapani died on Thursday, July 9, at Inova Fairfax Hospital after suffering critical injuries in a crash days earlier. He was 50.
Funeral services were held Saturday in Oakton, where family, friends, and members of the Tamil community gathered to remember a man they say was rarely far from the next pe…
'They Were Best Friends': Mother To Launch Foundation Honoring Malden Woman Killed In Crash
The mother of a Massachusetts woman killed in a New Hampshire motorcycle crash is turning her unthinkable loss into lasting purpose by creating a foundation that will carry on her daughter's lifelong mission of helping others, friends said.
Michaela Svetlana Waldrop, 29, of Malden, died in a motorcycle crash in Gorham, New Hampshire, on July 2, according to police. Now, her mother, Kris Waldrop, is working to establish the Michaela Waldrop Foundation, which will support underserved individuals and families in her daughter's honor.
Friends and loved ones have launched a GoFundMe t…
