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Close to 800 friends and family of Eric Leighton gathered to mourn at an Ottawa church, eight days after the high school student died following an explosion in a school auto shop class.
Some mourners arrived at St. Patrick's Fallowfield parish in the Ottawa neighbourhood of Nepean on Friday morning wearing purple, Leighton's favourite colour, to honour the Mother Teresa Catholic High School student.
Others wore hockey jerseys to honour their friend, who was a rookie defenceman for the Junior B Almonte Thunder.
During the 11 a.m. service, friends said Leighton was an original, a generous friend who loved helping and being with others.
"The best thing about [Leighton] was probably his uniqueness. He was different from everybody. He loved making others happy and would do just anything for the boys," Mike Milito said.
Teammate David Weckworth recalled how Leighton celebrated so vigourously after one of Weckworth's goals that after the game, in the score sheet, the goal had been credited to Leighton.
"I guess if someone celebrates that much for a goal that wasn't his he deserves the credit, and that was Eric. He had a rare quality, he took more joy out of the success of others than his own," he said.
Archbishop Terrence Prendergast was presiding over the service, which had attracted so much attention that a video feed was broadcasting the service outside the chapel for over 300 attendees who could not fit in the chapel.
Police said students in the shop class at Mother Teresa Catholic High School were using empty oil drums to make barbecues when last Thursday's explosion occurred. The vapour of oil still in the drum may have ignited, police said.
Leighton was critically injured in the explosion and died later in hospital.
The investigation into the incident is still ongoing.
Donations in memoriam can be made to Canadian Tire Jumpstart, care of Sheri Leighton at TD CanadaTrust, at account 6419094 and branch 2831.
Some mourners arrived at St. Patrick's Fallowfield parish in the Ottawa neighbourhood of Nepean on Friday morning wearing purple, Leighton's favourite colour, to honour the Mother Teresa Catholic High School student.
Others wore hockey jerseys to honour their friend, who was a rookie defenceman for the Junior B Almonte Thunder.
During the 11 a.m. service, friends said Leighton was an original, a generous friend who loved helping and being with others.
"The best thing about [Leighton] was probably his uniqueness. He was different from everybody. He loved making others happy and would do just anything for the boys," Mike Milito said.
Teammate David Weckworth recalled how Leighton celebrated so vigourously after one of Weckworth's goals that after the game, in the score sheet, the goal had been credited to Leighton.
"I guess if someone celebrates that much for a goal that wasn't his he deserves the credit, and that was Eric. He had a rare quality, he took more joy out of the success of others than his own," he said.
Archbishop Terrence Prendergast was presiding over the service, which had attracted so much attention that a video feed was broadcasting the service outside the chapel for over 300 attendees who could not fit in the chapel.
Police said students in the shop class at Mother Teresa Catholic High School were using empty oil drums to make barbecues when last Thursday's explosion occurred. The vapour of oil still in the drum may have ignited, police said.
Leighton was critically injured in the explosion and died later in hospital.
The investigation into the incident is still ongoing.
Donations in memoriam can be made to Canadian Tire Jumpstart, care of Sheri Leighton at TD CanadaTrust, at account 6419094 and branch 2831.