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New Bedford 14-year-old loses courageous battle with rare and aggressive form of cancer, services and fundraiser announced
A local teen has died after a courageous battle.
14-year-old Ashlin Marie Costa of New Bedford passed away on Wednesday in Boston Children’s Hospital after being diagnosed in January with a very rare and very aggressive form of colon cancer.
Ashlin recently graduated from Saint Joseph’s School in Fairhaven.
A fundraiser for her 14th birthday was held in March to help pay for her treatments.
Donations in Ashlin’s honor may be made to: The Jimmy Fund, 10 Brookline Place West, 6th Floor, Brookline, MA 02445 or danafarber.jimmyfund.org
Her funeral service will be held on Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 8AM in the Waring-Sullivan Home at Dartmouth, 230 Russells Mills Rd., Dartmouth, MA 02748 followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:00AM in St. Joseph’s Church, 74 Spring Street, Fairhaven, MA 02719. Relatives and friends are invited. Visitation will be held on Friday from 4:00 to 7:00PM. Burial in St. John’s Cemetery. To leave a note of condolence: www.waring-sullivan.com
