June 9 : The funeral ceremony of 9-year-old Bishnu Kumar Nepal, who died drowning into the lake this week, was observed in a local cremation center in Akron, Ohio.
Three hours long funeral process ended Monday evening, Amber Subba told Bhutan News Service from there.
Several resettled Bhutanese, representatives from the school where Nepal was studying, International Institute of Akron, and SEWA International among others attended the function to sympathize Nepal’s family.
According to Subba, resettled Bhutanese extended their full supports like local agencies and bereaved family could gather enough money required for the funeral.
“For Nepal’s family, this incident brought home unfathomable agony,” said Subba, “However, “They are thankful for mounting sympathy and supports for the irreparable loss from Bhutanese around the world.”
