Mass was held on Wednesday to celebrate the life of Florence Wangari, a nun who was among the 157 people who died in the Ethiopian Airlines flight.
"It is very painful and sad to lose my daughter. I had expectations to meet my daughter, whom I hadn't seen for the last six years," Wangari's father, Francis Yongi, said.
"My daughter was a humble, loving and spiritual person and I will miss her."
Hundreds who attended the remembrance service eulogised Wangari as a humble, hard working nun who worked in different countries to spread the gospel and encourage people to live in peace and unity.
The family had travelled to the site of the plane crash and collected soil to put it in her casket, but the decision was dropped at the last minute after consultation.
According to the family, the soil was to represent sister Wangari's remains.
"Our family and the church agreed to hold a mass and not burial because we were not sure if it (the soil) had her remains," Waruinge said.
Catholic sisters who worked with Wangari said it was not Christian to bury soil in place of her body.
Catholic Diocese of Nakuru priest Maurice Muhatia, who led the mass, said it was best mass was held.
The Ethopian Airlines jet crashed on March 10, six minutes after take off from Bolo International Airport in Addis Ababa.
Wangari was traveling from Congo to visit her family in her rural home in Mbogoini.
