Family, friends say final farewell to Yale grad killed in crash

WHDH 6/2/12: Family, friends say final farewell to Yale grad killed in crash. Friends and family said a final farewell Saturday to a recent Yale graduate killed in a crash on the Cape. Just days before her death, Marina Keegan posted writings online that have gone viral — giving her a sort of life after death. A talented writer and a woman with endless potential, Keegan was supposed to be moving into an apartment in Brooklyn Saturday to start her first job since college: writing for the New Yorker. Instead, her friends and family were gathered in her home town of Wayland to say goodbye.

Metrowest Daily News 6/3/12: Friends and family remember Wayland's Marina Keegan. Memories of Marina Keegan’s “wild abandon,” fierce devotion to friends and extraordinary talent as a writer left a huge crowd of mourners giggling through their tears yesterday. Five hundred people filled the First Parish of Wayland to celebrate the young Yale graduate’s life, tragically cut short in a May 26 car crash on Cape Cod.

Wayland Patch 6/2/12: Keegan Focused on The ‘Am,’ Not the ‘Will Be’. The rain fell with varying degrees of intensity Saturday on the crowds of people gathered in the side yard and behind First Parish Wayland for a celebration of life service in memory of Marina Keegan. Their patience, their desire to be a part of Saturday memorial served as a visual testament to the impact Keegan had during her short 22 years. Fifteen minutes before the 2 p.m. service, the doors of First Parish were closed as the building had reached capacity. But still people came and as they were turned away, began to look for another opportunity to take part. They found that opportunity clustered around an open window to the side of First Parish, where they could hear, but not see, the service.

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