Greek-Australian road victim and senior police officer, Detective Chief Superintendent Joanne Shanahan, 55, was farewelled by family, friends and colleagues on Friday at a funeral which began with a guard of honour.
Detective Chief Superintendent Shanahan was killed in a three-car colision at Urrbrae on Anzac Day.
At Friday morning’s funeral, police lined the streets of Adelaide’s inner south to pay tribute to the mother of two.
They honoured her with a solemn procession which set off from the family’s home and crossed the intersection of Cross and Unley roads before proceeding through several suburbs to Berry’s Funeral Home at Norwood in Adelaide’s east. ‘Amazing Grace’ was sung as her coffin was carried in.
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Her daughter Eleni, read a poem, and her son Nick said that she “would always make sure there was dinner for 10, just in case we had a few guests call in” during his eulogy.
Due to coronavirus restrictions, a traditional Greek blessing was conducted on Thursday while the funeral service was streamed online.