Sarah Cotton with her daughters Chloe and Aubrey Berry. Photo courtesy Ryan MacDonald Photography (Handout).
Family, friends and community members gathered at Christ Church Cathedral on Friday to remember the two young sisters who were killed in Oak Bay on Christmas Day.
WATCH: Tess van Straaten was at the public funeral for Chloe and Aubrey Berry and talks about how the girls are being remembered.
The funeral service for six-year-old Chloe Berry and four-year-old Aubrey Berry started at 11 a.m.
Mourners make their way into Christ Church Cathedral for the funeral service for little Chloe and Aubrey Berry. @CHEK_News #yyj pic.twitter.com/CEc1KAiPle
— Tess van Straaten (@tessvanstraaten) January 12, 2018
Before the service, pink polka dot ribbons are being handed out to mourners in memory of the two girls.
Pink polka dot ribbons are being handed out to mourners at Christ Church Cathedral in memory of Chloe & Aubrey Berry, “two little girls brimming with joy.” More @CHEK_News #yyj pic.twitter.com/DF90tsIxyR
— Tess van Straaten (@tessvanstraaten) January 12, 2018
Family friend Trisha Lees says she would like the girls to be remembered with great joy, because the girls were joyful and brought that feeling to others.
Donations in memory of the girls can be made to the Chloe and Aubrey Berry Scholarship Fund through the Victoria Foundation or to the Mary Manning Centre.
The girls were found dead in an Oak Bay Apartment December 25, along with their father Andrew Berry with self-inflicted wounds.
Forty-three-year-old Berry is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and will be back in court on Feb. 1.
With files from The Canadian Press
Andy Neal
