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Twin sis’ farewell to ‘angel’

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Hofstra student Andrea Rebello’s heartbroken twin sister sobbed uncontrollably as she said goodbye to the slain beauty at a funeral in Westchester yesterday.

Jessica Rebello, 21, trailed her sister’s metal casket — leaning on her dad to keep from collapsing (pictured) — outside St. Teresa of Avila church in Sleepy Hollow.

Instead of speaking, she clutched a hand-penned note addressed to her sister — hiding her tear-streaked eyes behind big stylish sunglasses.

Inside, hundreds of weeping mourners lit candles and told sentimental stories about the beloved sorority girl, who was accidently shot by a Nassau County cop responding to a home invasion last week.

The Rev. Osvaldo Franklin called her death hard to fathom.

“A question comes to mind: Why? Why Andrea? In the flower of her youth, she left us,” said Franklin, who knew Rebello for years.

Close pals read heartfelt tributes and poems, recalling her as a quirky perfectionist who was strong but warm.

“One thing is for sure, since the moment we met you, your smile has been contagious,” one girl said, biting back tears.

“In life, we loved you dearly — in death, we’ll do the same.”

A member of Rebello’s sorority, Phi Beta Sigma, called her “an angel.”

“Every single one of us has been changed because we met you,” she said. “We have the most beautiful, brilliant angel watching over us.”

Rebello was killed early Friday morning after a gunman burst into the Uniondale home she shared with her sister. Cops say the intruder put her in a headlock and threatened to kill her, prompting an officer to fire eight bullets, one of which fatally struck Rebello (inset).

Police are still investigating why career criminal Dalton Smith, 30, who was also killed, targeted the home.

Mourners yesterday didn’t speak of the crime.

They wore white pin-on ribbons and sang the Christian song “On Eagles’ Wings.”

A large portrait of Rebello’s pretty face sat near the church’s entrance, which grief-stricken family members passed on the way into the service.

Pals recalled spending a lot of time studying with Rebello, a junior public-relations major who had good grades — but was also a lively social butterfly who enjoyed concerts and bike rides.

“We’ll take a little bit of Andrea with us with every step we take in the future, from graduating college, to getting our first jobs, to weddings,” one friend said.

Her heartbroken parents, Fernando and Nella, did not speak at the funeral. Her sister’s note read, “I love you.”