The father of a 16-year-old Massachusetts high school student who died unexpectedly after collapsing at field hockey practice says his daughter succumbed to a brain hemorrhage.
Matthew Dunne tells The Boston Globe his daughter, Casey, a junior at Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, had no pre-existing medical conditions he knew of.
Casey Dunne, of Wellesley, was practicing Friday when she collapsed.
Her family and friends remembered her for her "undeniable zest for life," the exuberance she brought to everything she did, her athletic pursuits, and her humanitarian work in Romania and Bolivia.
According to the school's website, her family writes "We will celebrate Casey during visiting hours on Wednesday, Oct. 14 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 477 Washington St., Wellesley, MA. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Thursday, Oct. 15, at St. Paul Church in Wellesley, MA. Memorial donations may be made to The Achieve Program, c/o Noble and Greenough School, 10 Campus Drive, Dedham, MA, 02026. Achieve is a tuition-free program for low-income area middle school children based at Nobles, for which Casey served as a tutor."
She is survived by her parents and four siblings.
