Lily LaRue Anderson, 6 years old, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Monday, April 6, 2015 while surrounded by her loving family. She fought a valiant battle with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) for the past eleven months and her fight can be summed up with a quote from William Shakespeare:
“And though she be but little, she is fierce!”
Lily LaRue, unicorn and rock-star, was a student in the first grade at Ryerson Elementary in Wayne. She won a poetry contest while in kindergarten and anxiously hoped to one day be in the school show; she was a real ham on stage and loved to dance! Her cell phone has all the pictures to prove that she was a “selfie queen” and recently, while ‘making more room’ on her phone, her dad found dozens of videos she had taken of herself dancing for the camera! She loved to play “Wii Party” and “Just Dance” more than anything. She was an amazing Wayne Boys & Girls Club Panthers cheerleader and was blessed with caring and supportive coaches, assistant coaches and squad. She told her parents that she wanted to go to circus school. Her Shriner's Family had a large, loving part in that career path. She was born a natural clown. She was a real thrill-seeker who loved roller coasters and had ridden many of them at Disney, Great Adventure, and Hershey Park, just to name a few. She’d been to Disney World, her favorite, most magical place in the world, on many occasions and particularly loved the Disney cruise and her Make a Wish to Aulani Resort on Maui, Hawaii was life changing for all Andersons.
Lily was passionate about animals and told her family that she wanted to be a pet-sitter and “animal doctor.”- equally. Surely she was destined to be a veterinarian. Her favorite animals were Chihuahuas, owls, monkeys and there was a special place in her heart for unicorns. In early March of this year, just about a month ago, a family friend invited Lily to their farm and she learned how to milk a cow. She was a natural, and seeing her interact with the animals was priceless. This was just one of her dreams all of which were documented on her Facebook page.
Lily is survived by her devoted parents; Brian and Barbara Anderson of Wayne, her twin brother; Brady, sister Jasmine and big brother Daniel, her grandparents; Sophia and Eugeniusz Zak of Boca Raton, FL, grandparents Garry and Sue Anderson of Paramus, great-grandfather; Paul Anderson, four aunts; Alicia Mustain and her husband Blake of Boca Raton, FL, Gena Zak of Washington, D.C., Alexandra Zak of Washington, D.C., Christina Zak of Wayne, and one uncle; Eric Anderson and his wife Marlaina of Paramus and Barnegat, NJ, three cousins; Madison Mustain of Boca Raton, FL and Brandon and Hailey Anderson of Barnegat, NJ, and a large extended family and friends of devoted loved ones.
Friends visited with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, April 9, 2015 from 3-8 PM.
Funeral Services were held at 9:30 AM on Friday, April 10, 2015 from the funeral home, then in Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass was offered.
Donations in Lily’s memory would be greatly appreciated to the Lily LaRue Foundation, 908 13th Street SE, Washington, DC 20003.
“And though she be but little, she is fierce!”
Lily LaRue, unicorn and rock-star, was a student in the first grade at Ryerson Elementary in Wayne. She won a poetry contest while in kindergarten and anxiously hoped to one day be in the school show; she was a real ham on stage and loved to dance! Her cell phone has all the pictures to prove that she was a “selfie queen” and recently, while ‘making more room’ on her phone, her dad found dozens of videos she had taken of herself dancing for the camera! She loved to play “Wii Party” and “Just Dance” more than anything. She was an amazing Wayne Boys & Girls Club Panthers cheerleader and was blessed with caring and supportive coaches, assistant coaches and squad. She told her parents that she wanted to go to circus school. Her Shriner's Family had a large, loving part in that career path. She was born a natural clown. She was a real thrill-seeker who loved roller coasters and had ridden many of them at Disney, Great Adventure, and Hershey Park, just to name a few. She’d been to Disney World, her favorite, most magical place in the world, on many occasions and particularly loved the Disney cruise and her Make a Wish to Aulani Resort on Maui, Hawaii was life changing for all Andersons.
Lily was passionate about animals and told her family that she wanted to be a pet-sitter and “animal doctor.”- equally. Surely she was destined to be a veterinarian. Her favorite animals were Chihuahuas, owls, monkeys and there was a special place in her heart for unicorns. In early March of this year, just about a month ago, a family friend invited Lily to their farm and she learned how to milk a cow. She was a natural, and seeing her interact with the animals was priceless. This was just one of her dreams all of which were documented on her Facebook page.
Lily is survived by her devoted parents; Brian and Barbara Anderson of Wayne, her twin brother; Brady, sister Jasmine and big brother Daniel, her grandparents; Sophia and Eugeniusz Zak of Boca Raton, FL, grandparents Garry and Sue Anderson of Paramus, great-grandfather; Paul Anderson, four aunts; Alicia Mustain and her husband Blake of Boca Raton, FL, Gena Zak of Washington, D.C., Alexandra Zak of Washington, D.C., Christina Zak of Wayne, and one uncle; Eric Anderson and his wife Marlaina of Paramus and Barnegat, NJ, three cousins; Madison Mustain of Boca Raton, FL and Brandon and Hailey Anderson of Barnegat, NJ, and a large extended family and friends of devoted loved ones.
Friends visited with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, April 9, 2015 from 3-8 PM.
Funeral Services were held at 9:30 AM on Friday, April 10, 2015 from the funeral home, then in Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass was offered.
Donations in Lily’s memory would be greatly appreciated to the Lily LaRue Foundation, 908 13th Street SE, Washington, DC 20003.
Lily LaRue Anderson, 6 years old, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Monday, April 6, 2015 while surrounded by her loving family. She fought a valiant battle with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) for the past eleven months and her fight can be summed up with a quote from William Shakespeare:
“And though she be but little, she is fierce!”
Lily LaRue, unicorn and rock-star, was a student in the first grade at Ryerson Elementary in Wayne. She won a poetry contest while in kindergarten and anxiously hoped to one day be in the school show; she was a real ham on stage and loved to dance! Her cell phone has all the pictures to prove that she was a “selfie queen” and recently, while ‘making more room’ on her phone, her dad found dozens of videos she had taken of herself dancing for the camera! She loved to play “Wii Party” and “Just Dance” more than anything. She was an amazing Wayne Boys & Girls Club Panthers cheerleader and was blessed with caring and supportive coaches, assistant coaches and squad. She told her parents that she wanted to go to circus school. Her Shriner's Family had a large, loving part in that career path. She was born a natural clown. She was a real thrill-seeker who loved roller coasters and had ridden many of them at Disney, Great Adventure, and Hershey Park, just to name a few. She’d been to Disney World, her favorite, most magical place in the world, on many occasions and particularly loved the Disney cruise and her Make a Wish to Aulani Resort on Maui, Hawaii was life changing for all Andersons.
Lily was passionate about animals and told her family that she wanted to be a pet-sitter and “animal doctor.”- equally. Surely she was destined to be a veterinarian. Her favorite animals were Chihuahuas, owls, monkeys and there was a special place in her heart for unicorns. In early March of this year, just about a month ago, a family friend invited Lily to their farm and she learned how to milk a cow. She was a natural, and seeing her interact with the animals was priceless. This was just one of her dreams all of which were documented on her Facebook page.
Lily is survived by her devoted parents; Brian and Barbara Anderson of Wayne, her twin brother; Brady, sister Jasmine and big brother Daniel, her grandparents; Sophia and Eugeniusz Zak of Boca Raton, FL, grandparents Garry and Sue Anderson of Paramus, great-grandfather; Paul Anderson, four aunts; Alicia Mustain and her husband Blake of Boca Raton, FL, Gena Zak of Washington, D.C., Alexandra Zak of Washington, D.C., Christina Zak of Wayne, and one uncle; Eric Anderson and his wife Marlaina of Paramus and Barnegat, NJ, three cousins; Madison Mustain of Boca Raton, FL and Brandon and Hailey Anderson of Barnegat, NJ, and a large extended family and friends of devoted loved ones.
Friends visited with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, April 9, 2015 from 3-8 PM.
Funeral Services were held at 9:30 AM on Friday, April 10, 2015 from the funeral home, then in Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass was offered.
Donations in Lily’s memory would be greatly appreciated to the Lily LaRue Foundation, 908 13th Street SE, Washington, DC 20003.
“And though she be but little, she is fierce!”
Lily LaRue, unicorn and rock-star, was a student in the first grade at Ryerson Elementary in Wayne. She won a poetry contest while in kindergarten and anxiously hoped to one day be in the school show; she was a real ham on stage and loved to dance! Her cell phone has all the pictures to prove that she was a “selfie queen” and recently, while ‘making more room’ on her phone, her dad found dozens of videos she had taken of herself dancing for the camera! She loved to play “Wii Party” and “Just Dance” more than anything. She was an amazing Wayne Boys & Girls Club Panthers cheerleader and was blessed with caring and supportive coaches, assistant coaches and squad. She told her parents that she wanted to go to circus school. Her Shriner's Family had a large, loving part in that career path. She was born a natural clown. She was a real thrill-seeker who loved roller coasters and had ridden many of them at Disney, Great Adventure, and Hershey Park, just to name a few. She’d been to Disney World, her favorite, most magical place in the world, on many occasions and particularly loved the Disney cruise and her Make a Wish to Aulani Resort on Maui, Hawaii was life changing for all Andersons.
Lily was passionate about animals and told her family that she wanted to be a pet-sitter and “animal doctor.”- equally. Surely she was destined to be a veterinarian. Her favorite animals were Chihuahuas, owls, monkeys and there was a special place in her heart for unicorns. In early March of this year, just about a month ago, a family friend invited Lily to their farm and she learned how to milk a cow. She was a natural, and seeing her interact with the animals was priceless. This was just one of her dreams all of which were documented on her Facebook page.
Lily is survived by her devoted parents; Brian and Barbara Anderson of Wayne, her twin brother; Brady, sister Jasmine and big brother Daniel, her grandparents; Sophia and Eugeniusz Zak of Boca Raton, FL, grandparents Garry and Sue Anderson of Paramus, great-grandfather; Paul Anderson, four aunts; Alicia Mustain and her husband Blake of Boca Raton, FL, Gena Zak of Washington, D.C., Alexandra Zak of Washington, D.C., Christina Zak of Wayne, and one uncle; Eric Anderson and his wife Marlaina of Paramus and Barnegat, NJ, three cousins; Madison Mustain of Boca Raton, FL and Brandon and Hailey Anderson of Barnegat, NJ, and a large extended family and friends of devoted loved ones.
Friends visited with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, April 9, 2015 from 3-8 PM.
Funeral Services were held at 9:30 AM on Friday, April 10, 2015 from the funeral home, then in Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass was offered.
Donations in Lily’s memory would be greatly appreciated to the Lily LaRue Foundation, 908 13th Street SE, Washington, DC 20003.
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