As fallen Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius appeared in court on Tuesday adamantly denying he purposely murdered his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, the beautiful law school graduate turned model's family bid an emotional farewell to their loved one at her funeral.

"There's a space missing inside all the people that she knew that can't be filled again," said her brother Adam Steenkamp, as he fought to fight back the tears. "We are going to keep all the positive things that we remember and know about my sister. We will miss her."

The funeral that was held at the Victoria Park crematorium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, was attended by more than a hundred mourning relatives and friends who walked somberly behind the 30-year-old's coffin, reported the Guardian.co.uk.

Despite being overcome with emotions, Reeva's uncle, Mike Steenkamp,  told reporters after the service that his niece wanted to be an activist for ending abuse against women.

"Unfortunately it has swung right around, but I think that the Lord knows that her statement is more powerful now," he said.

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, while the family were crying over Reeva's coffin,  Pistorius, 26, was telling the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court how he heard noises in his home on that fateful night, and thinking Steenkamp was in bed, fired a total of four warning shots though the door.