Uvalde, TX (WBAP/KLFI) – The funerals for victims of the Uvalde school shooting will begin later today.
Father Eduardo Morales with Sacred Heart Catholic Church will lead 12 funeral services over the next two weeks.
On Monday, the City of Uvalde held both private and public visitations to honor the lives lost at Robb Elementary.
A private citizen donated 175-thousand dollars to cover services for all of the victims. Funeral directors from across the state are helping in Uvalde.
On Monday, the first two of 19 children slain inside a classroom were being remembered at funeral visitations. The gathering for 10-year-old Amerie Jo Garza was at Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home in Uvalde, Texas, directly across from the grade school where the children, along with two teachers, were shot to death on Tuesday before the gunman himself was killed.
Visitation for another 10-year-old, Maite Rodriguez, was at another funeral home. More visitations, funerals and burials will follow over the next two-and-a-half weeks, one after another, after another.
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