I am saddened to have to report that, following emergency surgery that we had hoped would correct a sudden deterioration in her condition, my niece Susan Ann Catherine Torres has passed away after only five short weeks with us,

After the efforts of this summer to bring her into the world, this is obviously a devastating loss ... . ... It was our fondest wish that we could have been able to share Susan's homecoming with the world.

After the efforts of this summer to bring her into the world, this is
obviously a devastating loss, ... We wish to thank all the people who sustained us in prayer over the past 17
weeks. It was our fondest wish that we could have been able to share Susans
homecoming with the world.

[A spokeswoman at St. Rita's Church in Alexandria said parishioners were told of the child's death during the morning Mass.] After the efforts of this summer to bring her into the world, this is obviously a devastating loss for the Torres and Rollin families, ... We wish to thank all the people who sustained us in prayer over the past 17 weeks. It was our fondest wish that we could have been able to share Susan's homecoming with the world.

After the efforts of this summer to bring her into the world, this is obviously a devastating loss for the... families,

After the efforts of this summer to bring her into the world, this is obviously a devastating loss. We wish to thank all the people who sustained us in prayer over the past 17 weeks. It was our fondest wish that we could have been able to share Susans homecoming with the world.