Five days af­ter they died in a fire at their Cooblal Trace, To­co Main Road home, 48-year-old Natasha Nan­coo and her son Adesh Joseph, 10 were laid to rest.

The fu­ner­al ser­vice took place at Je­sus De­liv­er­ance Taber­na­cle, Ve­ga De Oropouche, To­co Main Road yes­ter­day.

Natasha’s sis­ters, Aneesa Nan­coo and Car­ol Wal­drop re­called her love for her chil­dren.

“Every­where she went one will see her with her chil­dren. She lived a very care­free life,” they said.

The sis­ters spoke of the chal­lenges Natasha faced rais­ing two chil­dren with spe­cial needs.

Her oth­er son, En­rique Reyes, 19, al­so per­ished in the blaze. His fu­ner­al is ex­pect­ed to take place soon.

But they said de­spite the dif­fi­cul­ties, Natasha found ways to be hap­py.

“At a fam­i­ly gath­er­ing you will hear Natasha say­ing ‘oh gosh all yuh play a chut­ney nah’ and when that mu­sic start to play Natasha will take over the dance floor.

“Nashie, as we called her, loved mu­sic and danc­ing. She was al­ways jol­ly and friend­ly to all.”

His aunts al­so re­called Adesh’s vi­bran­cy and his love for food.

“As for Adesh, who is called AJ, he nev­er leaves the fridge door close at night time. He will have ice cream and you can bet your last dol­lar when you wake up the next morn­ing all the ice cream is fin­ished.”

Melin­da Joseph-Lord, Adesh’s cousin fond­ly re­mem­bered him.

She said she nev­er imag­ined his life end­ing so soon.

“You don’t ex­pect to find your­self in a place like this on a day like to­day to mark the end of a life that hard­ly ever start­ed. But here we all are say­ing farewell to this beau­ti­ful lit­tle child, seem­ing­ly long be­fore his time,” she said.

Rel­a­tives said de­spite the loss and sad­ness, they took com­fort that Natasha and her sons were ded­i­cat­ed church mem­bers and were at peace in heav­en.