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Photo by AHS student, Dylan Mitchell.
Students at Albemarle High School paid their respects to Lily by placing objects and flowers at a location on the breezeway. A moment of silent prayer was observed and a letter of appreciation from Mr. Romando was read by the announcer prior to the beginning of Albemarle - Monticello football game on Friday night, August 31.
Lily Catherine Romando, 16, began her eternal rest with God on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, in Stony Point, Virginia.
Lily was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, on February 4, 1996. Lily was a 2010 graduate of Charlottesville Catholic School. She spent her freshman and sophomore years at Albemarle High school. At the time of her death, Lily was a junior at Murray High School. Lily was an accomplished photographer who shared her astounding artistic talent with the world. She was loved by all who met her. Her shining smile and positive outlook reflected the amazing person inside.
Noah, Lily and Andrew were members of the Church of the Incarnation of Charlottesville, Virginia. They shared their family's love of togetherness, and could most often be found spending their free time together.
Noah, Lily and Andrew were preceded in death by their grandmother, Jane Forbes McLaughlin. Their mother, Elizabeth Walton, joined them in Heaven on Tuesday, August 28, 2012. Their grieving father's abiding love and adoration for each of his children will never diminish. Noah, Lily and Andrew leave behind their beloved father, Peter Romando; stepfather, Donald Walton; stepsiblings, Haley and Logan Walton; grandparents, Daniel and Janice Romando; grandfather, Philip McLaughlin and his wife, Paula aunt, Catherine Rehm and her husband, Michael; aunt, Christine Freitag and her husband, Albert; aunt, Constance Forkin and her husband Thomas; aunt, Irene Newman and her husband, Kenneth; uncle, Philip McLaughlin and his wife, Sherry; and cousins, Michael Rehm, Mallory and Ross Freitag, Daniel, Garrett and Connor Hanifin, Ashley, Kenneth and Ava Newman, and Stephen, Daisy and Philip III McLaughlin.
A funeral mass will be celebrated for Noah, Lily and Andrew, along with their mother, Elizabeth, at Saint Thomas Aquinas University Parish of Charlottesville at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 4, 2012. A reception and celebration of their lives will immediately follow the funeral mass in the parish hall. Flowers may be delivered to Saint Thomas Aquinas University Parish.
Contributions may be made to the Greater Greenbrier Valley Community Foundation, 109 South Jefferson Street, Lewisburg, West Virginia 24901, a fund established to benefit C.A.S.A., a non-profit organization for the protection of abused and neglected children.
Published in the Daily Progress from September 2 to September 4, 2012
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Charles "Connie" Crenshaw (1958)
Lily Romando would have been a 2014 graduate. Lily was a well liked student when she attended Albemarle High School. She had a positive impact on many. For her to be taken away at such an early age is tragic and the students let their thoughts be known by dropping off flowers, photographs, drawings and other items in a location on the breezway as a memorial to Lily. Albemarle High School Principal Jay Thomas sent out a message to all announcing the loss of Lily. Three days later at the Albemarle - Monticello football game, there was a moment of silient prayer and a letter of appreciation from Lily's father, Peter Romando, was read by the announcer. It was truly a touching moment. Lily was taken away from us far too early. Our prayers are with Lily's remaining family and I am sure she is now in a safe place. Due to the actions of another, we will never have the presence of Lily with us as a member of the AHS Alumni Association family. Lily, I am sure I speak for those that knew you at Albemarle High School and in our community, you will be missed. I know my grandson Dylan, who was in your class at AHS, feels the loss as some of his feelings have become my feelings.
Charles Crenshaw AHS Alumni Association