The funeral service for a 5-year-old Norwalk boy fatally struck by a car last week will take place Thursday at New Beginnings Community Church in Darien.
Peter Tinnen-Strmiska’s funeral is scheduled for Thursday. (photo from his mother’s GoFundMe.com campaign page)
Peter Tinnen-Strmiska was in the driveway of his home on Wood Acre Road in Norwalk at about 5 p.m., Thursday, May 12, when a relative pulled a vehicle into the driveway and struck the boy, according to numerous news reports. Police and an ambulance crew responded and rushed him to Norwalk Hospital, where he died.
“I’m beside myself,” his mother, Kayla Tinnen, wrote that day in a post on the GoFundMe charitable donations website. “We lost him in a freak accident this afternoon. He was hit by a car and an unknowing family member was behind the wheel.”
Tinnen had already set up the GoFundMe appeal two months before: “I created it then because I was looking from support from friends because my landlord is evicting me, I had gone out of remission from Crohn’s Disease and medical bills were piling up, and I was in a desperate place.”
When her son died, she had an additional reason to ask for help, she wrote: “I’m reaching out to any and everyone asking for support. I don’t have any savings to bury my beloved child, and we don’t have a cent to get back on our feet. I appreciate ANY assistance you can provide. God bless you.”
The GoFundMe campaign raised $46,839 as of early Tuesday morning.
The funeral will be held at New Beginnings Church at 10 a.m., Thursday, according to an obituary on Legacy.com (below) which was published in the Norwalk Hour.
Visiting hours are from 5 to 8 p.m., Wednesday at Downer Funeral Home in Stamford. The Rev. Dr. Jeffrey A. Ingraham of Calvary Baptist Church in Norwalk will be the eulogist.
Obituary
Peter John Tinnen-Strmiska, age 5, transitioned to heaven on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at Norwalk Hospital surrounded by his loving family.
He was the son of Kayla Tinnen of Norwalk and Peter Strmiska of Danbury. He was a kindergarten student at Silvermine Elementary School.
In addition to his mother and father Kayla Tinnen and Peter Strmiska his memory will be treasured by his siblings, Charles Tinnen and China Tinnen, his maternal grandparents; Clyde and Laura Tinnen, two uncles, one aunt, three first cousins, and a host of other relatives and friends.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 18 at Downer Funeral Home, 31 Stillwater Ave., Stamford, followed by a service of celebration at 10 a.m., Thursday, May 19 at New Beginnings Community Church, 65 Tokeneke Road, Darien with Pastor Robert Cassara officiating and Rev. Dr. Jeffrey A. Ingraham, eulogist. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Norwalk.