Soldier Killed In Iraq, Buried With Mother

Washington Post ^ | Sunday, November 9, 2003 | Associated Press

[yonif]

BEAVER FALLS, Pa., Nov. 8 -- An Army sergeant killed in a missile attack as he was returning home for his mother's funeral was buried along with her on Saturday.

More than 200 family members and friends gathered at a school auditorium about 30 miles northwest of Pittsburgh for a double funeral for Sgt. Ernest Bucklew and his mother.

Mary Ellen Bucklew, 57, of Darlington Township died Oct. 31 of an aneurysm as she drove home from work. Her son, 33, was on emergency leave two days later when the CH-47 Chinook helicopter he was in was shot down near Fallujah, Iraq.

[yonif]

Sad story.

[AntiGuv]

[MEG33]

I hate every loss.This one seemed especially cruel for the family.

[RobbyS]

Both torn from this life in an instant. Hope they were ready and it did not hurt too much.

[swany]

This is so unbelieveably sad. My prayers for his family. Please, Lord, give them strength.

[giznort]

They are already reunited; God bless them.

[Swede Girl]

Heartbreaking.

[aristotleman]

And I thought I was having a bad month after my mother was diagnosed with cancer. This is really sad and sobering.