Gianna Rose Eliason of Warrington, PA passed away on Monday, July
26, 2004 due to complications from a liver transplant surgery at
Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.
Born in Philadelphia on September 3, 2000, Gia touched many lives
over the years. She was named for Saint Gianna Berretta Molla, due
to the similarity between Saint Gianna’s pregnancy and the
pregnancy that brought Gia into the world. Gia was born ten weeks
pre-mature and with Cystic Fibrosis, causing her to spend the
first months of her life in intensive care. Once out of the
hospital, she continued her fight with Cystic Fibrosis. In
November 2003, Gia was diagnosed with Hepatoblastoma, childhood
cancer of the liver. Yet, even with these health issues, Gia lived
life to the fullest, inspiring the best in everyone with her
strength and courage.
She is
survived by her loving parents Frank B. and Carolyn (nee Meier)
Eliason IV, her maternal grandparents Dale and Jane Meier, of
Yardley and her paternal grandparents Frank B. and Joan Eliason
III, of Southampton, PA, her great grandparents, Gaga of St.
Louis, MO, Mr. And Mrs. Frank Eliason III and Mrs. Doris Bird; her
Uncle Don, Aunt Catherine, Aunt Geri Lynn and Uncle Michael and
her cousins. Beyond her family, the thousands who join the fight
against Cystic Fibrosis and childhood cancers also survive Gia.
