FUNERAL SERVICES TO HELD TODAY FOR LA GRANGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT

  

The funeral for a fourteen-year-old LaGrange High School student Emily Fritsch, who collapsed while sitting in class last Thursday afternoon, will be held this afternoon at 3:00pm.

According to La Grange EMS Director Sharon Munzy, Fritsch was transported in critical condition to Dell Children’s Hospital in Austin, where she died.

There was an impromptu prayer service at held at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church on Thursday evening to a packed crowd.

Fritsch was a straight-A student, a star volleyball and softball player, and an active member of the 4-H, serving as secretary of the country 4-H Council and treasurer of the La Grange 4-H.

Koenig and Strickland Funeral home in La Grange is in charge of arrangements. Family and friends can sign the guestbook online at www.lagrangefunerals.com