Over a thousand mourners clad in black and red gathered at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Ponchatoula, La., last Wednesday to pay their final respects to Tripp Roth, a toddler whose struggle against the rare disease known as Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) has touched thousands around the world.
Roth was 32 months old at the time of his death on Saturday, Jan. 14; his funeral was held four days later on Jan. 18. According to Courtney Roth’s blog,