This page is dedicated to the memory of a very dear friend whom I knew for only a short time during middle school, but who's impact on my life has been immeasureable. I met her at St. Cecila's School during my sixth grade year, when she transferred there. I knew her to be a very cheerful, creative, and funny person. Unfortunately, she also suffered bouts of depression that overtook her just a few years later. Despite having known her only those few years, she managed to help me through a very difficult period of my young life, and to change my view of what it means to be alive, and what it means when life ends.

Aurora Catherine Sass January 7, 1981 - April 29, 1996

Unfortunately, I have no way of contacting her family, so this memorial goes for now without their input or endorsement. I also regret that I do not have any photographs of her aside from the photos printed in an article from the St. Louis Post Dispatch. However, as I feel she was a very important person to me, I give this humble page to her memory. Below are materials relating to her, including things that I've written myself.

About Aurora:

What her life and passing has meant to me.

Newspaper articles relating to Aurora:

`MY BABY IS GONE, AND I SAW HER GOING' - MOTHER OF TEEN-AGE SUICIDE VICTIM
Article about Aurora and her death, printed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on May 19, 1996.

LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Letters to the editor in response to the afforementioned article, printed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on June 1, 1996.

FREQUENT AND INTENSE DEPRESSION IS DANGEROUS
Article on depression and teenage suicide, printed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on May 19, 1996.