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Photos: Funeral for Roberta Drury
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Photos: Funeral for Roberta Drury

From the Complete coverage: 10 killed, 3 wounded in mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket series
  • Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News
  • May 21, 2022
  • May 21, 2022 Updated Feb 17, 2026

Family and friends gathered Saturday morning at Assumption Church in Syracuse for a Mass of Christian Burial for 32-year-old Roberta Drury, who was one of the 10 people killed in a mass shooting May 14 when a white supremacist from the Southern Tier attacked the Tops supermarket at Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo where she, and many others, were just doing their grocery shopping on a beautiful spring day.

Family in grief

Family in grief

Family members are present after the funeral as prayers are prayed and holy water is sprinkled over the casket. On the far left is Roberta Drury's mother Leslie VanGiesen, center left is her sister Amanda Drury, center right is her father Philip Drury and on the far right is her nephew Daniel Moyer Jr. 

Sharon Cantillon / Buffalo News

Entering the church

Entering the church

The casket of Roberta Drury, 32 is brought through the side entrance at Assumption Church in Syracuse, Saturday, May 21, 2022. Helping with the casket are her sister Amanda Drury, sister-in-law Ashley Clements, nephew Daniel Moyer Jr. and brother Daniel Moyer. 

Sharon Cantillon / Buffalo News

Remembering his cousin

Remembering his cousin

Enrique Owens, the cousin of Roberta Drury, wears a T-shirt with her photo to her funeral.

Sharon Cantillon / Buffalo News

A premature funeral

A premature funeral

People enter the church for the funeral.

Sharon Cantillon / Buffalo News

A beautiful sentiment

A beautiful sentiment

Enrique Owens, the cousin of Roberta Drury, walks into her funeral. 

Sharon Cantillon / Buffalo News

Final goodbyes

Final goodbyes

After the funeral, family members come out with the casket of Roberta Drury. Second from left is her sister Amada Drury, nephew Daniel Moyer Jr. and brother Daniel Moyer. 

Sharon Cantillon / Buffalo News

Overwhelmed

Overwhelmed

Drury's sister-in-law Ashley Clements holds Roberta's nephew Daniel Moyer Jr. 

Sharon Cantillon / Buffalo News

A father's grief

A father's grief

A woman comforts Roberta's father Philip Drury.

Sharon Cantillon / Buffalo News

Comforting one another

Comforting one another

Family members look to one another for comfort.

Sharon Cantillon / Buffalo News
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