Lu Lingzi, age 23

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BOSTON — Lu Lingzi was passionate about the piano, a daughter who always made her father laugh and a standout statistics student. [She aced qualifying exams.] Friends and family on Monday night vowed not to forget the light in their lives that was extinguished too soon... "We will keep running to finish the race for you and we will try to realize your unfinished dream." said her roommate. Hundreds of people packed a hall at Boston University to say goodbye to Lu, a 23-year-old graduate student. Jing told the crowd how when she met Lu in April 2012 they discovered they were both from the northern part of China, both piano lovers and both without boyfriends. "We believed we were long-lost sisters and could not wait to begin our adventure in Boston," she said. "I was so grateful that I had such a lovely sister in my life, but I had no idea that this friendship would only last one year."
Speakers recalled a bubbly young woman who loved dogs and blueberry pancakes and who was also a driven student. ..."She was the family's Shirley Temple, if you will, the little elf and a little jolly girl, bringing everyone in the family ceaseless laughter," said Lu Jun, who spoke in his native tongue and was followed by an English interpreter.

"She's gone but our memories of her are very much alive," her father said. "An ancient Chinese saying says every child is actually a little Buddha that helps their parents mature and grow up."...

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On November 1st, I will eat blueberry pancakes in memory of Lu Lingzi.

Friends, families and fellow students pack Metcalf Hall in Boston University's George Sherman Student Union on Monday, April 22, 2013 for a memorial service in memory of Boston University graduate student Lu Lingzi, who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/Boston Globe, Dina Rudick, Pool)


A member of the audience sheds tears during Lu Lingzi's eulogy, delivered by her father, Lu June at Metcalf Hall in Boston University's George Sherman Student Union on Monday, April 22, 2013. Lingzi was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, Dina Rudick, Pool)

Zheng Minhui a classmate of Lu Lingzi, speaks of Lingzi during her memorial service at Metcalf Hall in Boston University's George Sherman Student Union on Monday, April 22, 2013. Lingzi was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, Dina Rudick, Pool)

Lucy Torres of Stoneham, Mass., the executive secretary for Boston University's Dean of Students, accepts flowers from well-wishers arriving to Lu Lingzi's memorial service at Metcalf Hall in Boston University's George Sherman Student Union on Monday, April 22, 2013. Lingzi was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, Dina Rudick, Pool)

Jing Li Lu Lingzi's roommate, speaks of Lingzi during her memorial service at Metcalf Hall in Boston University's George Sherman Student Union on Monday evening, April 22, 2013. Lingzi was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, Dina Rudick, Pool)

The Deputy General Consul for the People's Republic of China, New York, Zhong Ruiming delivers a message on behalf of the Consulate General of he People's Republic of China, New York, during Lu Lingzi's memorial service at Metcalf Hall in Boston University's George Sherman Student Union on Monday, April 22, 2013. Lingzi was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, Dina Rudick, Pool)

Rev. Robert Allan Hill, the dean of the Marsh Chapel at Boston University, greets those gathered for Lu Lingzi's memorial service st Metcalf Hall in Boston University's George Sherman Student Union on Monday, April 22, 2013. Lingzi was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. Lingzi's father, Lu Jun, gave the eulogy toward the end of the service, which featured musical selections and remembrances from faculty and students. (AP Photo/Boston Globe, Dina Rudick, Pool)

Friends, families and fellow students packed Metcalf Hall in Boston University's George Sherman Student Union on Monday, April 22, 2013 for a memorial service in memory of Boston University graduate student Lu Lingzi, who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. Lingzi's father, Lu Jun gave the eulogy toward the end of the service, which featured musical selections and remembrances from faculty and students. (AP Photo/Boston Globe, Dina Rudick, Pool)

Stuffed animals, flowers and tissues adorn the entryway table of Metcalf Hall as attendees streamed past to take their seats for Lu Lingzi's memorial service in Boston University's George Sherman Student Union on Monday evening, April 22, 2013. Lingzi was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. Lingzi's father, Lu Jun gave the eulogy toward the end of the service, which featured musical selections and remembrances from faculty and students. (AP Photo/Boston Globe, Dina Rudick, Pool)

Shira Stern, center, of Marlboro, N.J., a chaplain for Disaster and Spiritual Care with the Amercian Red Cross, collects boxes of tissues to distribute among the attendees of Lu Lingzi's memorial service at Metcalf Hall in Boston University's George Sherman Student Union on Monday, April 22, 2013. At left is Carole Beauchamp, of Grand Blanc, Mich., a disaster mental health volunteer with the American Red Cross. At right is Lucy Torres, of Stoneham, Mass., the executive secretary for Boston University's Dean of Students, Kenneth Elmore. Lingzi was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/Boston Globe, Dina Rudick, Pool)

FILE - This combination of undated photos shows, from left, Martin Richard, 8, Krystle Campbell, 29, and Lingzi Lu, a Boston University graduate student. Richard, Campbell and Lu were killed in the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday, April 15, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/File)

The Boston Red Sox stand during tribute to Boston Marathon bombing victims, including Chinese student Lingzi Lu, before a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals in Boston, Saturday, April 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

In this Wednesday, April 17, 2013 photo, Chinese hold pictures of Lu Lingzi, a Boston University graduate student from China who was killed Monday in the Boston Marathon explosions, as they hold candles to mourn for her in Shenyang in northeast China's Liaoning province. Lu was a graduate student studying mathematics and statistics and scheduled to receive her graduate degree in 2015. (AP Photo)

A woman reflects in front of a makeshift memorial honoring Boston University student Lingzi Lu, who was killed in the Boston Marathon explosions, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Boston. The city continues to cope following Monday's explosions near the finish line of the marathon, which claimed three lives. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

A photograph of Boston University student Lingzi Lu, who was killed in the Boston Marathon explosions, sits on a table as a student writes a message on a board outside the school's Marsh Chapel before a vigil, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Boston. The city continues to cope following Monday's explosions near the finish line of the marathon, which claimed three lives. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

This undated photo provided by Meixu Lu shows Lingzi Lu in Boston. Boston University confirmed Wednesday, April 17, 2013, that Lingzi Lu, who was studying mathematics and statistics at the school and was due to receive her graduate degree in 2015, was among the people killed in the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday, April 15, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Meixu Lu)