Funeral, funds set for Richmond hot air balloon victims

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - Two members of the University of Richmond women's basketball team staff killed in a hot air balloon crash last week will be laid to rest out of state.

The university announced services for Ginny Doyle and Natalie Lewis Wednesday, hours after a memorial service was held on campus.

Doyle, the associate head women's basketball coach at the University of Richmond, will be laid to rest in Pennsylvania. A life celebration will be held on May 27 in Philadelphia followed by a mass the next morning in Southampton.

A wake for Lewis, the team's director of basketball operations, will be held in Buffalo on Friday with a funeral the next morning.

Two funds have been set up in the women's memory. Checks should be payable to the University of Richmond and designated to the Ginny Doyle Memorial Fund or the Natalie Lewis Memorial Fund. They can be mailed to University of Richmond, Spider Club, 28 Westhampton Way, University of Richmond, Va., 23173.

The university also announced it would hold a joint memorial service after classes resume in the fall.

The NTSB continues to investigate the crash, which killed the women, along with hot air balloon pilot Daniel Kirk.

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The crash came during the inaugural Mid-Atlantic Balloon Festival at Meadow Event Park. The remainder of the festival was subsequently canceled.

Doyle was a two-time all-conference player at Richmond who graduated in 1992. She led the Spiders to the 1991 CAA Championship and NCAA Tournament and is the program's career leader in free throw percentage. She set the NCAA Division I record for consecutive free throws made with 66, a mark that stood for 18 years.