Wilson, Rowe, Naiburg, Dean of Students Archie c. Epps III and Director of the Harvard International Office Seamus P. Malin were present at the burial.

The Sanskrit liturgy was repeated for the third and final time at the burial plot, under a large dogwood tree. As Duc finished the incantations, Ho's coffin was lowered into the ground. The mourners bowed their heads three times, in accordance with Vietnamese custom.

Ho's father Phuong Ho, who flew in from California, cried loudly as he touched the coffin. Also among the mourners was Thao Nguyen, 26.

Nguyen was the overnight guest of Ho's and the only witness to the stabing. She was injured by Tadesse but managed to escape. Her arm and foot still in casts, Nguyen did not speak with reporters.

Ho's older sister, Thao, a student at Tufts University, comforted Ho's younger sister Tram, as they stood next to the plot. Meanwhile, dozens of mourners slowly filed by the coffin, tossing flowers into the grave. Some knelt before Ho's photograph on the ground or crossed themselves.

Harvard will be paying for the funeral expenses of both Ho and Tadesse, according to Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III. Rudenstine said in an interview Friday that he would pay both women's funerals if necessary.

Primary Wage-Earner

In a telephone interview early last week, Thao Ho confirmed that Tadesse had written Trang Ho a letter expressing disappointment and calling Trang Ho her best friend. Thao Ho refused to discuss the details of the letter, however, citing an ongoing police investigation.

Thao and Trang Ho and their father came to the U.S. from Ho Chi Minh City as Vietnamese boat refugees in November 1985, Thao Ho said. "My mother and my younger sister came in 1990, in October," Thao Ho added.

Thao Ho described her sister as an achiever, "She's pretty much a perfectionist," Thao Ho said. "She wanted to achieve in every area."

Thao Ho said her sister received a full financial aid package from Harvard. She described her sister as one of the primary wage-earners of the family, earning money not only for her tuition but to send home to her mother and two sisters.

"She works very hard, helping to financially support my family," Thao Ho said. "She was one of the main persons supporting [us]. I was living with her, my mother and my younger sister, just the four of us."

Ho, who hoped to become a doctor, worked at the Dunster House library and at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Thao Ho said.

Wake Held

Earlier, friends and family of Ho attended her wake on Thursday and Friday, also at the Dello Russo Funeral Home.