Infant Justinian Pechawer

Justinian Pechawer,"Mommy and Daddy's perfect baby", was born December 10, 2007, in Biloxi. He was only with us a short time which filled our hearts with love and joy beyond comparison. As a result of SIDS he joined our Lord on January 5, 2008. He was preceded in death by his maternal great grandparents, Frances and Frank Bellais; maternal great grandmother, Pamela messer; paternal great grandparents, Steven and Helen Pechawer, and John and Betty Gaus; Aunt, Samantha Valdez; and step-uncle, Devon Askam. Survivors include his parents, Stephen John Pechawer, III and Sabrina Annette Hurst Valdez of Biloxi; sister Stephanie Lashon Pechawer of Gulfport; brother, Elijah Trey Hurst of Ohio; Maternal grandparents, Kathy and Joel Woolley of D'Iberville and Frederick and Dolores Valdez of Grovespring, MO; maternal grandparents, Joseph and Susie Valdez of Biloxi; paternal grandparents, Stephen Pechawer, Jr. of Biloxi, and Susan and Curley Dedeaux of Delisle; aunts and uncles, Francis Valdez and Katrina Philbeck of Gulfport, Nicole Hipple of Ocean Springs, Jennifer Virgil of Biloxi, Katie Beth, Daylan Shadow and Kenneth Stephen of Kansas City, KS; 20 great aunts and uncles and 55 cousins all of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Justinian will be sadly missed by all the family who were so happy to have him with them. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, January 11, 2008, at 1 p.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church where friends may visit one hour before service time. Interment will follow in Vancleave #1 Cemetery.A reception will be held in the Parish Hall of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church following interment ceremonies. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Ave., Biloxi, is in charge of arrangements.