Little Irish girl whose mum and dad died within weeks of each other prays for them to be re-united in heaven at funeral
A LITTLE girl whose mum and dad died within weeks of each other has prayed for them to be re-united in heaven at one of their funerals.
Brave Keeva Stewart, 10, stood up to address tearful mourners as she laid her mum to rest the Church of Our Lady Immaculate in Dublin.
The schoolgirl said she hoped they could now "enjoy eternal life" together, according to .
Karen Stewart, 36, passed away at her mum's home last Friday just weeks after burying her husband Ed who lost his battle with terminal pancreatic cancer in August.
The tragic couple have left behind three young children –Finn, eight, Erin, four, and Keeva.
Karen had previously beaten neuroblastoma on two occasions having first been diagnosed at the age of just 20.
Speaking at Karen's funeral, her aunt Gina said: “The only comfort we can find at the moment is that she is now with Ed, her son Aron and her father James.
“Ed probably thought he was going to get a break up there but Karen probably has him running around right now.”
Before their tragic deaths, the couple, from Coolock, North Dublin, vowed to
She said: “He was one in a million. He was so good to me. I wouldn’t ever have to lift a finger. He wouldn’t stop, even to the last day he was still looking after me and the kids.
“So he was a great father, he practically reared the baby because I was in hospital.
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