Obituaries

Mass Held To Honor 2 Sisters Killed In Fire In Millville, New Jersey

"It's hard going into that classroom and not expecting her to be there," Susan Bencie, the fifth grade teacher at the school, said.

(CBS News)

May 22, 2025

A mass was held on Wednesday night to honor the lives of two sisters killed in a Millville, New Jersey, fire that happened in April.

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Family members, consoling one another, gathered alongside students of Bishop Schad Regional School for a special mass at Sacred Heart Church to honor two young lives gone too soon. Valery, 13, and 11-year-old Gissel Cardona Gómez were killed when a fire broke out at the family's home on South 4th Street in Millville on April 9.

"It's hard going into that classroom and not expecting her to be there," Susan Bencie, the fifth grade teacher at the school, said.

Find out what's happening in Haddonfield-Haddon Townshipfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

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