More than 600 family members and friends attended the funeral of a Ball State University senior Saturday.
Funeral services for Tiffany Buckhave, 22, were held in St. Paul Church in New Alsace.
"It was beautiful," her mother, Lori Buckhave, said. "It was as wonderful as it could be."
Tiffany Buckhave died in an accident June 12 when she lost control of her car and struck a tree, Lori Buckhave said.
Tiffany Buckhave was on her way back to Muncie to attend summer classes after visiting her home in Brookville.
"She was just going back to start her week," Lori Buckhave said.
Tiffany Buckhave was an accounting major and planned to graduate in December. Her mother said she wanted to go on to graduate school and become a certified public accountant.
"She was so involved in getting her degree and continuing on for her masters," Lori Buckhave said.
She had decided to be an accounting major instead of a business major after a lot of consideration her boyfriend, James Berger, said.
"She was really into it," Berger said. "She thought she could do more with it. She even had a job waiting for her."
Tiffany Buckhave had completed an internship with London-Whitte Accounting in the fall, and they had offered her a job for when she graduated after Fall Semester, Berger said.
Tiffany Buckhave left behind her mother, father, two siblings, and her boyfriend of two years.
"She had a boyfriend and they were waiting until she was finished with school to get married," Lori Buckhave said.
Berger said Tiffany Buckhave was light-hearted and easygoing.
"She was always laughing, having a good time," Berger said. "She loved to have fun."
Her mother said she was a very giving person and cared about her friends.
"She would give you anything you needed," Lori Buckhave said. "You just needed to ask."
School was very important to Tiffany Buckhave, and she was very excited about graduating from college, Lori Buckhave said.
"She was going to be the first in my family to graduate," Lori Buckhave said. "She wanted to encourage her cousins and everyone to graduate and go on."
Because school was such a big part of Tiffany Buckhave's life and she was so close to graduation, Lori Buckhave said she hoped a degree would still be awarded.
"One thing we would love to have is that we still want her to get her diploma," Lori Buckhave said.
To encourage others to pursue higher education, Tiffany Buckhave's family has already started collecting money for a scholarship fund. "We want to make sure that in her memory others can move on to better things," Lori Buckhave said.
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