Community vigil set in Stayton following death of child in house fire

A community vigil is scheduled for Sunday in Stayton for the child who died in a house fire last week.

Family identified the boy killed as 2-year-old Christopher James Pearce. 

Not wanting to disrupt the ongoing investigation, the family declined to speak about the circumstances leading up to his death. 

"He was the most happy-go-lucky kid you could imagine," his godmother Lynn Hansen said. 

The last memory she has of Christopher is him almost bowling her over with an enthusiastic hug. He loved hugs, riding his scooter and being read to, she said. 

"He was a special little boy," Hansen said. 

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Christopher lived with his mother and has family in the Stayton and Aumsville area. 

Christopher's great aunts Karen Pearce and Teri Pearce Petre are hosting the vigil outside the home where he died.

The vigil will be held at the intersection of W Washington Street and N Birch Avenue in Stayton at 5:30 p.m.

Candles will be provided.