Funerals begin for Geneva teens killed in Christmas night car crash
The first of three funerals for Geneva teens killed in a Christmas night car crash begin today.
Funeral services for Geneva teen Emilee Fain are Saturday afternoon at First Baptist Church in Geneva. Fain was just 16 years old.
Visitation is at 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Geneva. Funeral services will begin two hours later at 3 p.m. from the church. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery just west of Geneva with Warren Holloway Ward Funeral Home of Geneva directing.
A memorial fund has already been setup at Geneva High School in her memory. Emilee was a member of the Geneva High School cheer-leading squad and a member of the Panther golf team.
She was active in a number of other groups and organizations in the school and community including the Warren Beck Youth Leadership Program. She was also an active member of the First Baptist Church of Geneva youth program..
Emilee was extremely close to her brother Thomas and sister Mollie and had an everlasting bond with her mother Samantha.
She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, John Schraeder, Jr.; and one uncle, Michael Schraeder.
Emilee is survived by her mother, Samantha Bilbrey (David) of Geneva; father, Jason Fain (Kala) of Geneva; one brother, Thomas Fain of Geneva; one sister, Mollie Fain of Geneva; maternal grandmother, Sibyl Parker of Geneva; paternal grandparents, Vann Fain (Cindi) of Geneva, and Dianne Coleman (David) of Geneva; special aunts and uncles, John Schraeder, III (Linda ), Susie Merritt (Joey), Jane Knowles (Lee), Amie Miller (Chris), Allie Coleman, Luke Speigner (Carli), Anna Padgett (Jason), and Haley McCoy (Brad); and many special cousins and friends.
