Memorial service held for Conn. gunman's mother

Nancy Lanza, mother of Adam Lanza, 20, who killed his mother before heading to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, United States, where he shot shot 26 people dead before killing himself. / Rex Features via AP Images

A memorial service was held Thursday for the mother of the gunman who shot and killed 20 children at a Connecticut elementary school, CBS Station WBZ Boston reported.

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According to police in Kingston, N.H., the private service was attended by 25 people in the town of about 6,400, where Nancy Lanza once lived.

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Victims of Conn. school shooting

Her son Adam Lanza burst into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last Friday, killing 20 children and six adults before committing suicide. Before the shooting, Lanza killed his mother in her bed. Reports say that the weapons that Adam Lanza carried with him in the attack was registered to her.

[angelosdaughter]

May God rest her soul. She was a loving mother, and maybe somehow that blinded her to the problems her son had.

[bluejacket2-2009]

Although we will never know her success or failing with her child who ended up being a lethal killer she was killed in cold blood without a chance for a defense or explanation...

I hope God will be with and comfort her..

[cobalt100]

Well, look at this way. Nancy won't be buying any more assault rifles and she won't be signing any more alimony checks from her ex. Rest in peace, Nancy.

[murano4]

Such hatred and ignorance should be left at FOX NEWS door step, not here......