Photos: Funeral of Gina Pellettiere
Hundreds of mourners said farewell to "Ms. P" at her funeral Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Massapequa Park. She died in a fatal bus crash on September 21, 2023.
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Funeral services for Gina Pellettiere at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, Thursday.
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Gina Pellettiere, the Director of Bands at Farmingdale High School, was killed in a bus crash near Wawayanda NY, on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. She is pictured here at the 55th annual Newsday Marching Band Festival at Mitchel Field Athletic Complex in Uniondale on Thursday, Oct. 19th, 2017.
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Gina Pellettiere, the band director at Farmingdale High School, organized trips year-after-year to the same Pennsylvania band camp where she and her students were headed last week before she lost her life in a bus crash.
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Coffin is carried into Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church during the funeral services for Gina Pellettiere at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, Thursday.
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Parents Joseph and Diane Pellettiere (left and center) lock arms as the coffin passes.
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The body of Gina Pellettiere leaving Our Lady of Lourdes R.C. Church in Massapequa Park after the service on Thursday.
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Family members are consoled at the funeral services for Gina Pellettiere at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church on Thursday.
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Friends and loved ones of Gina Pellettiere leaving Our Lady of Lourdes R.C. Church in Massapequa Park after the service Thursday.
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Family members follow the coffin out of the church after the funeral services for Gina Pellettiere at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church on Thursday.
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