Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard mourn their late daughter. In a joint Instagram post on Thursday, the couple shared photos from their daughter Isla Marie’s funeral earlier this month.
The heartbreaking post includes images of Isla’s gravesite and the sombre ceremony.
“We love and miss you, little girl! Isla Marie Dillard. Laid to rest on April 19, 2024,” they captioned the post. “Isla (pronounced ‘eye-la’) is a surname meaning ‘devoted to God’. Marie is also a family name and means “dream child and beloved”.
The couple’s post also includes a video of the mourners singing at the service. In the caption, Jill and Derick shared, “The song we sang at Isla’s funeral service is the song we sang to each of our children in the womb.”
After sharing the lyrics, the couple explained, “‘Jesus Loves Me’ was written around 1860 by Anna Bartlett Warner and is said to have been spoken as a comfort to dying children.”
Jill and Derick announced their fourth child was stillborn earlier this month. The couple has three sons together: Israel (9), Samuel (6) and Freddy (1).
“Jill was four months pregnant (due in August) when we found out our baby had died in the womb. From the moment we found out we were pregnant, we couldn’t wait to see our baby,” they wrote. “Isla was loved from the start and her three big brothers were so excited to introduce her into their world. We appreciate your prayers as we continue to mourn and heal from the loss of our little Isla Marie.”
In a follow-up post, Jill and Derick shared photos from the Isla Marie memorial service, next to which they wrote: “We will love you forever and keep you in our hearts until we hold you in heaven.”
Shortly afterwards Jill and Derick shared more picturesone of which revealed that her father, Jim Bob Duggar, was present at the service despite their estrangement.
In an interview with ET from 2023Jill spoke about her estranged relationship with her father, who she starred alongside 19 kids and counting And Count on.
“My daily relationship with my father. We don’t have much personal contact at all at the moment, but we see each other at weddings or funerals or occasionally when we have a family gathering. “Choose to go,” she said. “That’s what we kind of had to implement, just to keep things healthier.”
Still, Jill told ET, “I’m sad about certain aspects of my relationship with my parents, but I’m confident it will continue. Not naive, but hopeful.”
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