The parents of the late Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins skipped his funeral services in Pittsburgh on Friday after he was fatally struck on a Florida highway earlier this month, saying they’ve never met his widow and did not wish to do so under these circumstances.
‘We have never met or spoken to the wife, and we didn’t want our son’s funeral service to be the place we met her for the first time,’ Dwayne Sr. and Tamara Haskins said in a statement, referring to their son’s widow, Kalabrya Gondrezick-Haskins.
The Haskins family will still honor their late son at a memorial service in his native New Jersey on Saturday and then again on Sunday in Potomac, Maryland, according to Scott Abraham of Washington DC’s ABC affiliate.
DailyMail.com’s attempts to reach Dwayne Sr. and Tamara Haskins have been unsuccessful.
Gondrezick-Haskins was joined by other mourners in Pittsburgh on Friday, including retired Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier, a college teammate of Haskins at Ohio State, and former Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer, who coached Haskins with the Buckeyes. Steelers president Art Rooney II, general manger Kevin Colbert, and head coach Mike Tomlin were also in attendance, as were Steelers QB Mitch Trubisky and defensive tackle Cameron Heyward.
Dressed in black with a silver cross around her neck, Gondrezick-Haskins was seen weeping on her late husband’s casket, which was adorned with brightly colored flowers. Gondrezick-Haskins also released a live, white dove into the air during Friday’s service.
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