Sad farewell for Sheffield student Caroline Everest

AN 18-year-old university student who died on her way home from a night out in Sheffield has been described as 'a young woman who had so much to give, so much to live for' at her funeral.
The funeral of Caroline Everest, 18, has taken place in Sheffield. Picture: Ross Parry AgencyThe funeral of Caroline Everest, 18, has taken place in Sheffield. Picture: Ross Parry Agency
The funeral of Caroline Everest, 18, has taken place in Sheffield. Picture: Ross Parry Agency

Hundreds of people packed into the chapel at Grenoside Crematorium in Sheffield to pay their respects to Caroline Everest, known as Carrie.

Miss Everest’s body was discovered in a river in the city on November 24.

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The Sheffield Hallam University student was reported missing after leaving a nightclub two days before.

The funeral of Caroline Everest, 18, has taken place in Sheffield. Picture: Ross Parry AgencyThe funeral of Caroline Everest, 18, has taken place in Sheffield. Picture: Ross Parry Agency
The funeral of Caroline Everest, 18, has taken place in Sheffield. Picture: Ross Parry Agency

The Rev Phil Batchford told mourners, led by Miss Everest’s parents Val and Chris, about the “privilege we all shared from having known her”.

Mr Batchford said Miss Everest had a “zest for life” and added: “Her life approach was one of participant, not observer.

“She was a young woman who had so much to give, so much to live for.”

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The vicar described how Miss Everest started ballet lessons when she was four years old and developed a lifelong love of all forms of dance.

The funeral of Caroline Everest, 18, has taken place in Sheffield. Picture: Ross Parry AgencyThe funeral of Caroline Everest, 18, has taken place in Sheffield. Picture: Ross Parry Agency
The funeral of Caroline Everest, 18, has taken place in Sheffield. Picture: Ross Parry Agency

He said she had also been a keen runner and enjoyed many more aspects of life, including music and watching Sheffield Wednesday football club.

Mr Batchford said Miss Everest chose to study biomedical science at Sheffield Hallam University so she could have the best of both worlds - enjoying student life but carrying on with all her teenage interests in the city.

He described how she had so much to live for and explained how she had bought all her Christmas presents, she had ballet exams looming, had secured her first speaking role in the local panto and had also learned that she was going to be an auntie.

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Mr Batchford said: “Carrie was very precious - loved by all and, as evidenced in all the cards, messages and thoughts the family has received - has had a huge impact on so many.

The funeral of Caroline Everest, 18, has taken place in Sheffield. Picture: Ross Parry AgencyThe funeral of Caroline Everest, 18, has taken place in Sheffield. Picture: Ross Parry Agency
The funeral of Caroline Everest, 18, has taken place in Sheffield. Picture: Ross Parry Agency

“They, with the family, will never forget her or her radiant smile.”

The family led mourners into the chapel to the song She Will Be Loved, by Maroon 5, with its opening lyric: “Beauty queen of only eighteen.”

• Last month, South Yorkshire Police said that no one else was involved in Miss Everest’s death.