Fredericksburg mother Sarah Marie Schulzetenberg Harkins, 32, and her unborn daughter Cecilia Rachel died July 28 following an insect sting.
She was in her backyard when she was stung by a bee or a wasp and had an allergic reaction which caused a brain aneurysm, family members told WWBT.
Sarah is survived by her husband, Eric, and four children, Liam, 7, Analee, 5, Jude, 3, and Faustina, 1, a special needs child. She is also survived by her parents, Jim and Bonnie, and her siblings, Julie, Tom, Anthony, Robert, Christina, and Katherine.
From her obituary:
“An active parishioner at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, she [Sarah] recently initiated a women’s bible study for the parish home-school mothers. While home schooling her own children, she created a Montessori-style preschool program for the local home schooling co-op. She also ran a home business of designing handcrafted clay rosaries and jewelry, which sold worldwide. As a faithful volunteer at Mary’s Shelter crisis pregnancy center, she donated her handmade jewelry for fundraising events.”
Two funds have been established to help Sarah’s husband and children.
www.gofundme.com/c9t0j8
www.youcaring.com/harkinschildren
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