WESTFIELD—Westfield State University reported Thursday the untimely passing of the Class of 2017 valedictorian Randi Lemenager.
According to information released by Westfield State University via their Facebook page, Lemenager, 22, “was a Special Education major and student leader” at the school. A memorial page set up in Lemenager’s honor stated that her passing occurred on Aug. 1.
Lemenager was originally born in Winchester and was a Peabody resident, where she graduated from Peabody Veterans Memorial High School in 2013, according to the memorial page. In addition, most recently Lemenager was working as a summer school teacher at the Brown School in Peabody and for the Peabody Recreational Educational Center.
Photo of Randi Lemenager, as seen on Westfield State University’s Facebook page
From the University’s release: “In addition to serving as a long-standing peer mentor with the Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Initiative (ICEI) program, she was president of the Positive Inclusion of Everyone Creates Educational Success (PIECEs) Club and was the Special Education Representative for the Student Education Association of Massachusetts (SEAM). She was in the Honors Program, a Lambda Sigma Honors inductee, and served on the Student Honors Advisory Council. She was the recipient of the Linda Nober Award for Academic Excellence in Special Education, a Sankofa scholar, and a Rainbow graduate. In addition, Randi was a Resident Assistant, Head Resident Assistant and served on the Lammers Hall Council.”
Lemenager’s funeral will be on Aug. 7, 9 a.m., from the Solimine Funeral Home in Lynn, with a funeral mass at 10 a.m. at St. Ann’s Church in Peabody, with a burial at a later date, according to the memorial page.
In lieu of flowers, the memorial page said gifts will be accepted though checks “made payable to the Westfield State University Foundation in memory of Randi Lemenager, c/o Institutional Advancement, Horace Mann Center, 333 Western Avenue, PO Box 1630 Westfield, MA 01086.”
