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Adelaide Ruth Schuster, 6

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Adelaide Ruth Schuster, 6, of Hopkinton, passed away on Thursday, August 2, 2018 from complications related to a rare neurological disease. Adelaide spent her final days peacefully at home surrounded by family and many friends. She is now with the Lord and great-grandparents in Heaven and is able to do all the things she was previously unable to do.

Loved and cared by all that met her, she loved music, going to school with wonderful friends, teachers, and therapists, as well as travel, and to be held close.
She is survived by her parents, Lars and Elizabeth Schuster; siblings Charlotte and Levi; grandparents Gary and Martha Bunkers of Lakeville, Minnesota as well as Wesley and Dawn Schuster of St. Helena Island, South Carolina. She also leaves behind a large extended family of uncles, aunts, and cousins from California, Minnesota, Texas, and Virginia.

A funeral mass will be held at St. John the Evangelist Church in Hopkinton, on Saturday, August 4th at 10:30 a.m. A reception to celebrate Adelaide’s life and memory will be held at the Hopkinton Country Club directly following mass.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Adelaide’s memory may be made to the Michael Lisnow Respite Center, 112 Main St. Hopkinton, MA 01748 (Hopkintonrespite.com), or The Campus School at Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave. Campion Hall Rm. 197 Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. These are special places filled with compassion, care, and dignity for all people regardless of abilities or background. Arrangements are under the care of the Chesmore Funeral Home of Hopkinton. www.ChesmoreFuneralHome.com