GoFundMe campaigns have been created to help pay for the funerals of two high school students who died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning inside a vehicle early Sunday morning in Hoffman Estates.
Yeferson A. Flores Ramos, 17, of Hoffman Estates, and Litzy Flores, 16, of Carpentersville, were pronounced dead just before 1:30 a.m. Sunday at Ascension St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates. Yeferson is known as Jefferson Flores on the GoFundMe campaign created by Kensy Flores, which by Monday afternoon had raised $7,666 of its $13,000 goal to cover the costs of repatriating the teen’s remains to Honduras.
“Every grain of sand would be very helpful!” Kensy Flores wrote. “God bless you!!”
The GoFundMe campaign for Litzy began Monday afternoon with a goal of $15,000 to cover the costs of her funeral this week. The campaign had raised $2,685 by late Monday afternoon. “Litzy, a young girl we watched grow up alongside her father, Jovany Flores, and her uncles at soccer games, was deeply loved by her family and community,” wrote campaign organizer Nelson Carranza. “Her passing leaves us with immense grief.”
Her wake will be from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, at Morizzo Funeral Home, 2550 Hassell Road in Hoffman Estates. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, at Church of the Holy Spirit — St. Gregory of Nyssa Parish, 1451 Bode Road in Schaumburg.
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