Liga Verse and to express sympathy with her family.

Liga's family have been in the island but returned to Latvia on the day of the church service, which they said they were sorry to miss. They have decided to have her body cremated in Guernsey, and will then repatriate her ashes.

A collection was held at the end of the service which will go towards helping with her family's costs.

The service was held by the Associate Priest at the Town Church, Father John Luff. He said, "We've had many people thanking us as they've been leaving the church this evening and I hope that they will take something away with them from this service, something that they can hold on to. It is at times like this that although welive in a very secular world now, that the spiritual dimension comes to the fore - and people do realise that there's more to life."

The service was organised by Lilita Kruze, President of the Guernsey Latvian Association. She explained the community's reasons for wanting the memorial service, "We wanted to keep Liga in our memories and to celebrate Liga's life. Being foreigners this island sometimes is not easy and to remember everybody there is very important."

During Father Luff's address the congregation was told not to judge Liga's life by the way it ended - how that happened is something they still don't know, but it is hoped the service will help while they wait for answers.

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