Danielle Gianna Schoening

She had the genetic anomaly of Trisomy 18 and lived only a few hours in our arms before she passed into the arms of Jesus through Mary that afternoon. All of her defects were internal so we had the bittersweet joy of enjoying how she looked just like the rest of our sweet babies with lots of dark hair, a sweet button nose, and big hands and feet. Father Bill Williams and Father Bob Robeson were able to arrive at the hospital soon after her birth and she was baptized and confirmed in Christ and His Church before she passed.

There will be a brief Wake at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in Beech Grove from 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, March 27th. Her Funeral Mass will immediately follow at 11:00 a.m. Burial will then be at Calvary Cemetery and all are welcome to join us for a Mercy Meal/Remembrance at Holy Name in the Conference Rooms adjacent to the church afterwards. In lieu of gifts, donations to Holy Name Church for the Gabriel Project in honor of Danielle Gianna would be lovely, if you feel the need.

We want to thank our midwife, Mary Helen Ayres, and Dr. Barrett Robinson and all the staff we encountered at IU Health for their wonderful support and gentle help during this difficult time. They all made a two-week, whirlwind situation as good as it could be and we will be eternally grateful for that. We also want to thank all of you for your prayers and thoughts during this time as well as for the meals and help running the kids places. We know that your prayers and love have carried us and will continue to do so.

Renáe is recovering very well physically and we are just riding the roller coaster emotionally and spiritually knowing that we're in God's hands and right where we need to be. The children are doing very well, feeling secure in the knowledge that Danielle did not suffer and is in heaven with the other three babies already in heaven from miscarriages during our marriage.

Please feel free to pass along this information to others. We know we're missing some people. We would love for prayers united to ours as we say goodbye at the Funeral Mass, whether others can be there physically or just spiritually. We also would prefer that anyone we might encounter would know rather than have them be put in the uncomfortable position of asking one of us about the pregnancy rather than our loss and then finding out right then.

Thank you again for your prayers and support!

Love and blessings,

Jon & Renáe Schoening