Espoir Niyigena , stillborn infant son of Nyirahumure Rugagaza and Faustin B. Ntabareshya passed away Thursday May 19, 2022.

Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26, at Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, with burial following. Those attending the service are to meet at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 26, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island, to process to the cemetery.

Those left to cherish his memory are his mother and father, Nyirahumure and Faustin; sister, Nadia Faustine; brothers, Samuel Ntabareshya and Emmanuel Ntabareshya; maternal grandparents, Hagai Rugagaza and Allen Nyirantore; paternal grandmother, Rozaria Kinyana; and many aunts, uncles, and additional family.

Espoir was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Biziyaremye Samuel.