By Lydia Warren PUBLISHED: 15:28 EST, 20 December 2012 | UPDATED: 11:45 EST, 3 January 2013 As church bells tolled at the funeral of a beloved Sandy Hook teacher whose body was found cradling the student she tried to save, Cardinal Timothy Dolan praised her bravery and compassion by comparing her to Jesus. Special education teacher Anne Marie Murphy, 52, died trying to shield her students from bullets after gunman Adam Lanza opened fire at the Connecticut elementary school on Friday. Mrs Murphy, a married mother of four, was found still cradling Dylan Hockley, who she had tried to protect. The six-year-old British boy, who had special needs, also died from his wounds.
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Anne Marie Murphy, 52, laid to rest in Kotonah, New York
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Her body was found shielding Dylan Hockley, who also died in the massacre
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Dolan: 'Like Jesus, Annie was an excellent teacher and died for her friends'
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Another teacher and three students also buried on Thursday
The parents of animal-lover Catherine Hubbard, 6, asked for the prayers of their friends and neighbors as they prepared to say goodbye to her at a funeral service in @placeholder.