The Wellsville community will gather this Thursday evening to remember Ashley and Emersyn Robichaud, the Wellsville mother and daughter killed in an ATV accident last week.
A public visitation and memory sharing service will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 13 at the Wellsville Secondary School gym, 126 W. State St.
The Aug. 6 crash of a four-wheeler in a farm pasture off Niles Hill Road in the Town of Wellsville also injured Ashley Robichaud’s three-year-old son, Parker. Authorities said Parker’s injuries were not life-threatening.
The tragedy has been met with an outpouring of grief and support in the close-knit Allegany County community, with a GoFundMe drive and other collections raising more than $80,000 for the family to date.
Ashley Robichaud, 39, was a first grade inclusion teacher at Wellsville Elementary School, where she had taught since 2014.
Six-year-old Emersyn was a first-grade student at the same school.
Ashley married Jason Robichaud, a special education teacher at Wellsville Middle School, on Oct. 24, 2015. He survives.
In a social media statement, Wellsville Central said the school “continue(s) to process the loss of Ashley and Emersyn.”
The district arranged counseling services for families, students, staff and community members, with counselors available at both school campuses. School officials said counselors will be available in the school guidance offices for anyone who may need a listening ear, a safe space to talk, or additional support.
The Wellsville school district said, “All are welcome to come together to support the family and one another” at the Thursday night gathering in the gym. People will be afforded the opportunity to share memories of Ashley and Emersyn starting at 7 p.m.
Additionally, a memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, in St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 2587 Baseline Road, Grand Island, New York.
A Niagara County native, Ashley Robichaud was a 2006 graduate of Starpoint Junior/Senior High School and earned her master’s degree in special education from Buffalo State University.
In addition to her husband and son, she is survived by her parents, three brothers and nieces and nephews.
Arrangements are by Olney-Foust & Embser Funeral Homes & Cremation of Wellsville. Online condolences may be expressed at wellsvillefuneralhome.com.
This article originally appeared on The Evening Tribune: Memorial service for Wellsville teacher, daughter set for school gym
Reporting by Neal Simon, Hornell Evening Tribune / The Evening Tribune
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