{"id":1403,"date":"2016-05-21T15:57:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T19:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2016-05-23T07:55:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T11:55:04","slug":"mu-mourns-the-passing-of-justina-sechrist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=1403","title":{"rendered":"MU Mourns the Passing of Justina Sechrist"},"content":{"rendered":"

MANSFIELD, PA\u2014<\/strong> The Mansfield University community\"Justina<\/a> is mourning the passing of Justina Sechrist, who died on Thursday, May 19.<\/p>\n

A Music major from Carlisle, PA, Sechrist sang in the Concert Choir, Festival Chorus and Chamber Singers. She also performed in staged productions at MU.<\/p>\n

Sechrist earned a Bachelor\u2019s degree in History from MU in 2014. She then returned to campus to work toward a Music-Vocal Performance degree.<\/p>\n

For her full obituary, information on calling hours and funeral services and to send condolences, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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