You can become a member, create a memorial, submit data, add flowers, add photos and search our database at no charge. . As I walked into the incredibly tension-filled room, I knew that the service I had prepared was not appropriate. Pregnant Princess Beatrice dresses her bump in a 340 Self Portrait frock as she joins husband Edo and aunt Sophie Wessex at Wimbledon in first official outing since announcing she's expecting, Off to the races! Marxhausen hated the whole thing. At the memorial service, Marxhausen said, he told the Old Testament story of Absalom, the rebel son of King David, who takes part in a rebellion against his father and is killed. Each funeral was special in its own way, just like the person who was buried. Failed to remove flower. In 2003, Kirsten relinquished his pulpit, though he remains the senior pastor at West Bowles. Please try again later. Her son was Dylan Klebold, one of two students who killed 13 people in the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in. He tells her he feels angry and doesnt know if he can control that anger, and she brushes off his reaction as normal adolescent behavior. Another said what great parents the Klebolds were. Learn more about merges. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. He was a teenage boy and a lot of things got him angry, but he was angry in a very appropriate teenage boy sort of way, she said. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. 'I remember thinking everything was good,' she said. Klebold's body was cremated and his family held a small memorial service. "She Said Yes" became an instant bestseller. Because I know that suffering is going on and I feel somehow it's unjust to be happy. 1981, It was all very normal. Looking back, Klebold realizes Dylans behavior might have suggested a larger problem. Harriss family never revealed thesite of their sons burial. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. Her attorney attended his synagogue. And then there are the remains of the worst killers in recent memory: the hijackers behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Harris family did not make his burial site public. It was Saturday, four days after the shootings. The pastor of that church, Rev. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Harris' family did not. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. This was emphasized both by the congregations former spiritual leader, Rabbi Judith Beiner, now of Overland Park, Kan., and its current president, Daniel Rothschild, in comments to the Intermountain Jewish News. I was becoming somewhat toxic with my visibility and extrovertedness.. The media circus had begun, and Tom, on the best of days, is a private person. She discusses her own humanity as well by outlining her blindness to her sons depression and unhappiness, and to his plan to kill. But, he added, Im dealing with logistics. His mother considered herself Jewish, yet the family belonged to a Lutheran church. 'From what I saw he was on the right track, there were times he was quiet and sullen and spent a lot of time in his room, but I have never met a 17-year-old boy for whom that is not true.'. [14] On the day after the shooting, Klebold's mother remembered that shortly after Klebold's birth, she described what felt like a shadow had been cast over her, warning her that this child would bring her great sorrow. How do you preside over the funeral of a 17-year-old boy who went to school one Tuesday morning and, with his good buddy Eric Harris, massacred 13 people just for fun? The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Sometimes families go from funeral home to funeral home, cemetery to cemetery searching for a placewilling to offer a gravesite. Twitter @brittalokting. Good things turn bad, bad things become good. A Navy pilot in Vietnam, Kirsten had seen horrors. Oops, we were unable to send the email. But if there is a student who truly understood them, he or she has yet to emerge. Tell them about these good people., Pastor Donald Marxhausen Thanks for your help! When there is a funeral for the perpetrator, it is private, James Fox, a mass shooting expert and professor of criminology at Northeastern University, told ABC News in 2012. We were formal with each other, but he was grateful for my presence. During his sermon, George Kirsten proclaimed Cassie a martyr. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? I was very unstructured about it, she said of religion. [74522655-en], A funeral is a ceremony for celebrating, respecting, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a person who has died. Try again later. 'Because you think, "how can I possibly feel happy when this terrible thing has happened? Kirsten takes comfort in riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle on mountain highways, and still goes to the VA hospital weekly for therapy. Theirs is one burial, it seems, that truly no one wants to see. Failed to delete memorial. He also shot his mother before he carried out the school rampage. And why didn't they know more? i have always wondered that as well considering that dylan had atleast a very small family gathering for a funeral.maybe erics parents possibly did have some sort of private funeral or memorial service for family that wanted to attend.if so,they probably made it private for obvious reasons.this is just speculation though.even though he did a Both were seniors at the Littleton high school, apparently members of a shadowy clique known as the Trenchcoat Mafia. The West Bowles congregation filled the Bernall's living room the week after April 20, praying and crying and praying some more. His father claimed his body but the burial site is unknown. The body of Leon Czolgosz, who shot and killedPresident William McKinley, was doused in sulfuric acid until it disintegrated. The answer is blowin in the wind, Synagogue, Lutheran church heal wounds of history, Crowds throng funeral of Israeli-American man killed in West Bank, 80 years later, Thessalonikis documentary film festival to pay tribute to deported Jews, Why we at Shaar Zahav support reparations for slavery, A queer Purim musical that jabs at antisemitism through song, Wikipedia tackles alleged conspiracy to distort Holocaust history. Copyright 2023 The Forward Association, Inc. All rights reserved. I think school shootings bring up good and evil, and people turn to religion because its the ultimate disruption of a moral code, said Solomon. The governor of Colorado cited parenting as a causal factor in his first public appearance after the shootings. This memorial website was created in memory of Dylan B Klebold, 17, born on September11, 1981 and passed away on April20, 1999. I smoothed Dylan's hair and kissed his forehead, searching his face for clues and finding none. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. You can even leave 'virtual flowers' on the memorials you visit to complete the online cemetery experience. But he didn't feel like he fit in at Columbine High School in Colorado. Dylan was in an open coffin, with beanie babies lining his head (this helped to cover trauma caused by the gunshot wound). Flowers & tokens lad at makeshift memorial in remembrance of 13 victims killed by troubled seniors Dylan Klebold & Eric Harris who went on shooting. The story of Cassie's martyrdom instantly became legend at West Bowles. His family and few friends shared memories, the happy ones about Dylan the Boy Scout, Dylan the Little Leaguer, Dylan the wrestler. His friends have said that he was cremated. To use this feature, use a newer browser. To illustrate the religious environment of the area, she mentioned that Franklin Graham, a well-known evangelist, performed the memorial service for the slain children in front of a crowd of 65,000 that included Al Gore, the vice president at that time, who spoke. In the days after Dylan Klebold along with Eric Harris shot and killed 12 students and one teacher and then himself at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, his mother, Sue Klebold, remembered a kind of religious warfare in the community of Littleton, Colorado. based on information from your browser. Letizia of Spain looks chic in an all-white ensemble - and matching face mask - as she joins husband King Felipe VI at Madrid art fair, Bea's blooming! If Dylan had any hatred, he never told me or anyone I knew.. Thats not what a Florida doctor took out, state says, Huge avalanche engulfs snowboarder on New Hampshire mountain, dramatic video shows, Footprints in freshly-fallen snow lead cops to shooting suspect, Connecticut cops say, Ghislaine Maxwell appeals verdict and 20-year sex-trafficking sentence, DNA links man to slaying of woman found in cornfield 43 years ago, California cops say, Sacrificing a slower friend isnt the way to escape bears, NPS says. Image by Courtesy of the Klebold Family, By Britta Lokting You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Yet the Rev. Today, West Bowles is a soaring modern building facing the Rocky Mountains where ministers preach a fundamentalist Christianity. But I am sorry for Sue. Signals about the familys religious practice grew even more mixed when it was reported that Dylan Klebold was buried Saturday in a Lutheran funeral. Cassie Bernall, a Columbine junior, had been shot in cold blood as she crouched under a library table, and word was that in her final seconds she answered her murderer's question and affirmed her belief in God. Dylan Bennet Klebold. She attended a Reform Jewish synagogue and went to church with her grandmother. Funeral director Peter Stefan, who agreed to prepare Tsarnaevs burial, said he received angry calls and mail from people who thought it un-American to handle funeral services for a killer. Nothing made sense. Princess Anne dons a vibrant brocade coat and cobalt blue fascinator as she attends Ladies Day at Newmarket. Following the shooting, Sue said their entire community was 'in chaos', and that their local governor went on television to hold the parents responsible, which started 'open season on their family'. 'For not being someone he could come to and talk to, for not knowing how to listen properly to him, that's what I would wish from him. While hundreds of mourners crowded today's televised funeral for 17-year-old Rachel Scott, a victim of the attack, Klebold's low-key service at a mortuary 20 miles northeast of Littleton was. "Tom Klebold told me he thought he had a good finished product." ___Their son, Dylan Klebold, 17, would have graduated from Columbine High School this spring and was planning to attend the University of Arizona in the fall. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. On Saturday, the Denver Rocky Mountain News carried an interview with her hairdresser, Dee Grantz, who said that Susan had spoken to her about her shock at her sons deed. Two days before the shooting, Cassie had recorded a video of herself testifying to her faith in Christ. The Social Security Death Index includes over 200 million citizen death records. All we have in the house is a BB gun to shoot the woodpeckers. Military records of Dylan B Klebold at Fold3.com, a free resource for finding the final resting places, listings for thousands of celebrity graves. While every other mother in Littleton was praying that her child was safe, SusanKleboldtold author Andrew Solomon for his book Far From the Tree. I had to pray that mine would die before he hurt anyone else.. One toted a sign that read, Do not bury him on U.S. soil. A driver passing by shouted, Throw him off a boat like Osama bin Laden.. 'If I saw Dylan face to face and I could ask him anything, I would ask him to forgive me for not being the mom that he deserved,' said Sue. She still lost her baby. Failed to report flower. Join a discussion and talk to others in the Sysoon community. How do you preside over the funeral of a 17-year-old boy who went to school one Tuesday morning and, with his good buddy Eric Harris, massacred 13 people just for fun? This is a carousel with slides. For those who attended the service, it was as if Dylans life had ended at age 12, not five years later in a murderous rampage that left 12 students, a teacher, and the two killers dead, and a nation grieving and groping for answers. Hell also lose his Lamborghini, Motorcyclist launched from bike when his girlfriend hits him with truck, Florida cops say, A man went in for kidney removal. The body of Lincolns assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was kept in a storage room and then a warehouse for four yearsbefore authorities would allow him to be buried in the family plot. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. ", "Our sadness and grief over his death and this tragedy are indescribable," the statement said, and the Klebolds again apologized "to all those who have also suffered a loss of their loved one, and we continue to pray for the recovery of those who were injured. Thats where I think I started getting in trouble with my church, says Marxhausen. DENVER Dylan Klebold, one of two suspects in last week's bloodbath at Columbine High School, led a life of contradictions. Dylan lived here with his parents Tom, a former geophysicist who ran a mortgage business from his home and fixed and rented out homes, and Susan, who worked for the state of Colorado . Hundreds and hundreds of people turned out to say farewell to each of the Columbine victims. The images come rushing back: the homemade white crosses that studded the small hill overlooking the school; the memorial services for 12 dead children and a beloved teacher that looped endlessly on television. Klebold says that she used to believe God was watching over her family. The mythology was that they were Nazis and Goths, and it was wrong, and people still believe this is fact, even though there is no evidence to show this was true, she said. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds to their heads in the library a little after noon. In a six-week investigation by Time magazine after the shooting, reporters Nancy Gibbs and Timothy Roche obtained what were later called The Basement Tapes. They were shot in Harriss basement and showed footage of the two boys on several occasions, cradling weapons and spewing racial slurs against Jews, Latinos, African Americans and others. While hundreds of mourners crowded today's televised funeral for 17-year-old Rachel Scott, a victim of the attack, Klebold's low-key service at a mortuary 20 miles northeast of Littleton was attended by his parents, his older brother and 10 others, Marxhausen said. For more information, please see our You have to be prepared to hurt when you go into the ministry. We are burying a dead body. The expression on Dylan's face was unfamiliar, which Byron later confessed made it easier for him. Ultimately, [his parents] were also victims, he said. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Marxhausen believes firmly in a loving, forgiving God and a nuanced approach to questions of salvation. Normally unflappable, Klebolds mother was disgusted by her sons blood-sucking treasures; Dylan loved it, the fun of grossing out Mom. The Washington Post Company. Her private school had a chapel, which she visited every day. He and his fellow gunman, Eric Harris, committed suicide at the end of their shooting spree. On April 20, 1999, I watched the television in disbelief as the tragic events unfolded at Columbine High School. Britta Lokting is the Forwards culture fellow. Dylan Bennet Klebold. He killed himself in his Anchorage, Alaska, jail cell after confessing to murdering eight people. With millions of names, it's an invaluable tool for genealogist and history buffs. Sorry! 'Then you start to feel guilty, because as soon as you begin to feel happy, you begin to hate yourself. . And I can feel her love for him. George Kirsten was in Israel on the day of the shootings; immediately, he turned around to come home. "I pushed [the pain] down, and I did that again with Columbine. I said, Lets just sit and talk for a while. The work is like cataloging hell, as New York magazine put it. He was too late, however, to be useful as a mediator. A Klebold attorney issued a statement after today's service for Dylan, "who we loved as much as we knew how to love a child. While the myth that they had been bullied and ostracized by the proverbial jocks and popular kids quickly filled the airwaves, that was an entirely unfounded narrative. 17:21 09 Jul 2021, updated 00:59 10 Jul 2021. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. It was very important to me that I immediately tell Sue that I was there to love her and comfort her, and that I was not sitting in judgment of her. They favored dark clothing, as did others in their loose and relatively tiny clique, the so-called Trenchcoat Mafia. At the service, Marxhausen told the Old Testament story of Absalom, King Davids rebel son who took part in a revolt and was killed. It's hard to look past sweet Kyle Velasquez, or Isaiah Shoels who heard Dylan taunt him in his final seconds, or any of the others. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. This memorial website was created in memory of Dylan B Klebold, 17, born on September 11, 1981 and passed away on April 20, 1999. Try again later. "And as he wept, he said thus: 'O my son Absalom my son, my son Absalom if only I had died in your place! Later that afternoon the mother discovered that her son was dead, and remembered 'groaning' with emotional pain out loud while watching the news. ", Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters, Everyone Practices Cancel Culture | Opinion, Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous | Opinion. According to Muslim tradition, remains cannot be cremated. ', Dylan Klebold was one of the two teenagers behind the Columbine High School Massacre in 1999, one of the deadliest school shootings in history, Sue Klebolds son Dylan Klebold was one of the two teenagers behind the Columbine High School Massacre in 1999. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. In his sermon, Marxhausen spoke of Gods love. In youth-group meetings, kids mourned that they could not be in heaven with her, says Craig Nason, who was a friend of Cassie's and is now the West Bowles young-adult pastor. I called John Horan of Horan & McConaty Funeral Service, Denver, Colorado, and together we made funeral arrangements for Dylan Klebold. . They didnt do this, their son did. Klebold and Eric Harris opened fire at their high school, killing 13 people and injuring a further 24 in the attack, with Sue dismissing her son's sullen moods for teen anguish while he quietly plotted the deaths. 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