Funeral arrangements announced for slain Traynor family members
Posted September 12, 2020 5:56 am.
Last Updated September 12, 2020 7:36 am.
Funeral arrangements have been announced for the four family members who were slain in their Oshawa home earlier this month.
The Oshawa Funeral Home says on its website that a drive past visitation for Chris Traynor, his sons Bradley and Joey and his daughter Adelaide, will held on Sept. 16 at 10 a.m. A private funeral and interment will be held the following day.
Loretta Traynor, the children’s mother and Chris’s wife, was seriously injured in the Sept. 4 mass shooting.
A fourth child, Sam, wasn’t home at the time of the incident but is now by his mother’s side.
The pair issued a statement expressing how “profoundly grateful” they are for the messages, condolences and support from friends and the community.
“Both are devastated over the tragic loss of Chris, Bradley, Adelaide and Joey, but the support provided by the staff and students at the family’s schools, the Durham Catholic District School Board and the entire Oshawa community have been of great comfort to the entire family,” read the statement.
The surviving family members add a committee will be established to advise on the disbursement of funds gathered through a GoFundMe page to “support and appropriately memorialize the entire family.” The campaign has raised more than $166,000.
Police say the attacker, 48-year-old Mitchell Lapa of Winnipeg, was a relative of the family and an “uninvited person” to the home.
He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
