This is anunseen aftermath of terror attacks and mass shootings. Littleton,Colorado. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Dylan Bennet Klebold. The West Bowles congregation filled the Bernall's living room the week after April 20, praying and crying and praying some more. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Try again later. Yet it is not hard to find students here who thought of them as harmless, or even liked them, who saw their sensitivity and potential. Christ always goes where its darkest. She attended a Reform Jewish synagogue and went to church with her grandmother. You have to be prepared to hurt when you go into the ministry. Is Bob Dylans Judaism blowin in the wind? 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 . We are against guns. Susan said, How could he be anti-Semitic? Religion doesnt play a prominent role in the book, but when I spoke with Klebold, she touched on Columbine High Schools ignorance of Judaism, describing Columbine as upper middle class, Caucasian and Christian. After the shootings, Klebold sought solace from the now retired rabbi Steven Foster at Temple Emanuel, in Denver. Similarly, Marxhausen said, the Klebolds are right to grieve their son's death, despite the momentous tragedy he helped cause. A small mountain of beanie babies was piled around the boys head, covering the self-administered wound that killed him. Telephone calls from the Jewish News to Marxhausen were not returned this week. He is reportedly buried in Virginia but no further details are known. He said Klebold's remains are to be cremated and that funeral arrangements for Harris are still being worked out. Sysoon also contains listings for thousands of celebrity graves, making it the premier online destination for tombstone tourists. Whether Dylan Klebold was on equal footing with Harris or simply a follower in openly admiring Hitler and white supremacy is also still unclear. To republish, copy the HTML by clicking on the yellow button to the right; it includes our tracking pixel, all paragraph styles and hyperlinks, the author byline and credit to the Forward. Klebolds body was cremated and his family held a small memorial service. Family members linked to this person will appear here. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. According to the Dispatch, Susan may have moved from the Columbus area in the 1970s. On April 20, 1999, I watched the television in disbelief as the tragic events unfolded at Columbine High School. Below you will find photos of the victims's funerals and gravesites. She also fell into the preachers arms and cried,she had lost her baby and all that ran through her head is that she hadnt been a good mother. The media circus had begun, and Tom, on the best of days, is a private person. 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.. [more about funeral], Dylan B Klebold at Archives.com. And so when a desperate Tom Klebold phoned, the pastora liberal-minded Lutheranagreed to arrange a private service. According to Klebold, he reveals this frustration on The Basement Tapes. Then, she said, Eric Harris stops and says, I didnt know you were Jewish, after which Dylan Klebold seems to turn fearful that Harris might target him. Recent confessed serial killer Israel Keyes' family held a funeral for him earlier this month in the small Washington town of Deer Park, according to the Associated Press. 205 Share. During his sermon, George Kirsten proclaimed Cassie a martyr. Oops, we were unable to send the email. 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. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Before McVeighs death, Congress passed a law to ensure that the Gulf War veteran couldnt be buried in Arlington National Cemetery; he was later cremated, and his ashes were spread at an undisclosed location. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. He and his friend Eric Harris . Despite being tormented by guilt, Sue says she is finally in a better place: 'You might have days where you start to smile or forget for a while who you are and what has happened to you. . Eric kind of let his feelings be known, his hatreds or dislikes. Marxhausen believes firmly in a loving, forgiving God and a nuanced approach to questions of salvation. Heres what is, Amid controversy, Biden administration shortens visit by Cuban Border Guard officials. Tombstonesare left unmarkedby the names inextricably linked to violence. There was an assumption from the tragedy that Dylan had not been taught right from wrong, she told me recently in a phone interview. In Klebolds attempt to come to terms with her sons actions, she portrays him as a suicidal depressive instead of the monster depicted in the media. He is half Jewish as I am all Jewish. So it went for a half an hour or more. Over the next 10 years, Kirsten's persistent evangelicalism would make him the target of accusations that he was exploiting a tragedy. memorial page for Dylan Bennet Klebold (11 Sep 1981-20 Apr 1999), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10972; Cremated, Ashes given to family or . It does not include images; to avoid copyright violations, you must add them manually, following our guidelines. Sue Klebold is the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the two shooters who committed the Columbine High School massacre, murdering 12 students and a teacher. So to have the entire credibility of it washed away, that hurt.". I dont know where all this comes about prejudice. 'Not only killed and hurt people, but that they would say awful racist things and sadistic things and I just shut that out of my mind. The images of the funerals below were taken with the knowledge of the families of the victims and are . 17:21 09 Jul 2021, updated 00:59 10 Jul 2021. At today's memorial service, he said, "I listened for 45 minutes to people talk about Dylan, and I listened to [the parents'] own self-evaluation of how they thought they were raising him. Were happy to make this story available to republish for free, unless it originated with JTA, Haaretz or another publication (as indicated on the article) and as long as you follow our guidelines. Dylan recited the Four Questions at a Passover seder recently held at his family home, yet he was buried in a Lutheran service on Saturday. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. The pair killed themselves at the end of their rampage. He and his fellow gunman, Eric Harris, committed suicide at the end of their shooting spree. In the days since the attack, police, parents, students and others here and across the country have wondered what motivated the pair, what toxic mix of influences and experiences left them so enraged and hopeless. Weve updated the security on the site. Only a handful of people came to say goodbye to Dylan Klebold. Cookie Notice It was all very normal. Looking back, Klebold realizes Dylans behavior might have suggested a larger problem. Dylan Klebold helped perpetrate one of the bloodiest school shootings in history, indelibly etching the name "Columbine" into our collective memories. She appeared onBBC Four documentary Raising a School Shooter where she broke down while remembering his funeral, The 72-year-old said broke don in floods of tears as she revealed that her son was laid to rest in a cardboard box, and that she was terrified to leave the premise in case someone 'hurt him' or stole his body, Klebold and Eric Harris opened fire at their suburban Denver school, killing 13 people and injuring a further 24 in the attack, For months Sue was in denial about what her her son had done and police had to show footage of her son andHarris openly speaking about the attack. Thirty of the 36 families whose relatives were either killed or injured by Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris in the April 20, 1999, school shooting agreed to participate in a settlement for a total of . But in 14 years, none have been claimed, and they remain inthe custody of the FBI and New York medical examiners office. ", Still, Marxhausen might have survived the Columbine tragedy with his job intact were it not for his continued relationship with the Kleboldsand his very public support of them. We will remember him forever. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. This browser does not support getting your location. Please email us at [emailprotected], subject line republish, with any questions or to let us know what stories youre picking up. His long, skinny body fit awkwardly into the cardboard casket where it would lie until cremation. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Signals about the familys religious practice grew even more mixed when it was reported that Dylan Klebold was buried Saturday in a Lutheran funeral. "What I remember most is this tremendous barrage of very hurting people," he says. She told me she remembered Foster suffering a backlash after saying Kaddish for her son, but Foster doesnt remember that. Both were seniors at the Littleton high school, apparently members of a shadowy clique known as the Trenchcoat Mafia. I wouldnt consider him to be Jewish in any way or form, Rabbi Zwerin said of Dylan Klebold. Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his brother Dzhokhar killed three people after they planted bombs at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon. Finally it was time to do liturgy, read scripture, offer prayers and give a brief sermon about parents love, which is as faithful as Gods love. Sue has said herself that Dylan has no memorial site to visit. Princess Anne dons a vibrant brocade coat and cobalt blue fascinator as she attends Ladies Day at Newmarket. Marxhausen hated the whole thing. AsTsarni cast about for a gravesite for his nephew, protesters thronged outside the funeral home where Tsarnaevs body was being held. Tamerlan was killed as police pursued the suspects, and his uncle struggled to find a site that would accept his body. The pastor of that church, Rev. Klebold and Harris were social outcasts in the halls of Columbine, but so are a lot of students in a lot of schools. 'They had got so much information wrong about Dylan and our family, that I settled into the belief system that they were wrong about what Dylan did.'. A dead person must be buried.. 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. The video of the memorial reveals a service heavy on Christianity, with church officials and references to Jesus Christ. bold and Eric Harris killed 13 people at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. "Franklin Graham was beating me up through my TV," he says. On Tuesday, as the Columbine massacre was already under way, the father apparently contacted authorities, suspecting his son was involved in the shootings. 'For the first time I got it,' Sue said. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Write a brief biography of the deceased and present it to the world. Tsarnaevs wife refused to claim his body, and his parents would not return to the United States to arrange his funeral. And why didn't they know more? Klebold said she didnt find it odd that her son wore a floor-length leather jacket, as she herself had tried to be different by wearing cowboy boots and moccasins when she attended private school from first to 12th grade. "That's where I think I started getting in trouble with my church," says Marxhausen. 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. Kirsten takes comfort in riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle on mountain highways, and still goes to the VA hospital weekly for therapy. At the same time, the father must have believed that his sons future was still bright. The basics of personal finance, like How to save for a house. Figure out your next step toward financial freedom. Dylan Bennett Klebold. Flowers & tokens lad at makeshift memorial in remembrance of 13 victims killed by troubled seniors Dylan Klebold & Eric Harris who went on shooting. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Attention: Death verified by Social security index. 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. After his mother retrieved him and drove him home, she stopped him as he ran upstairs, and then sat him down on the steps. Columbine High School. Marxhausen believes firmly in a loving, forgiving God and a nuanced approach to questions of salvation. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. The quiet group huddled around an open California grave Tuesday, flanked by armed FBI agents. Tell them about these good people., Pastor Donald Marxhausen Klebold's body was cremated and his family held a small memorial service. Susan and her non-Jewish husband, Thomas Klebold, who operate Fountain Real Estate Mortgage Management from their home, have been residents of Littleton since 1990. During his junior year in high school, 12 months before the shootings, he and Harris broke into a van. Dylan Klebold and Ryan Harris killed 13 people at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999. And so when a desperate Tom Klebold phoned, the pastora liberal-minded Lutheranagreed to arrange a private service. There is a problem with your email/password. Sysoon memorials are rich with content, including dates, photos and bios. His mother on the other hand wondered how he could be anti-Semitic, as he was half Jewish and she being full. This memorial website was created in memory of Dylan B Klebold, 17, born on September11, 1981 and passed away on April20, 1999. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. A system error has occurred. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? All we have in the house is a BB gun to shoot the woodpeckers. She approached a rabbi who didnt teach black and white thinking to discuss the afterlife, and he told her he believed in another chapter after death. She came into my arms and sobbed and shook. After Dylan's funeral, he described the killer's parents as "the loneliest people on the planet" to The Denver Post. His hands were folded on his chest, and stuffed animals surrounded him. 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. As I walked into the incredibly tension-filled room, I knew that the service I had prepared was not appropriate. Review. This decision has haunted him ever since. I said, Lets just sit and talk for a while. "I wished for my son to kill himself, and he did," Susan Klebold said. It was Saturday, four days after the shootings. I would give anything to have him come to me and put his arms around me and say "it's okay".'. Susan Klebold, former director of disability services at Arapahoe Community College, also works as assistant director of Access to Employment Projects for the Colorado Community College and Occupational Education System in Denver. According to Muslim tradition, remains cannot be cremated. Dylan was in an open coffin, with beanie babies lining his head (this helped to cover trauma caused by the gunshot wound). Then Dylans father Tom said, Who the hell gave a gun to my son? Except for issuing a statement last week expressing sorrow at their sons actions, the Klebolds have refused all media requests for comments or interviews. Please use Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge to view this site. But I am sorry for Sue. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Lets not blame religion for this. Birth date: 11 September, 1981, Friday. I was not aware that a change in behavior might be indicative of a mental health issue getting started, she said. 'I said out loud, "Darling help me understand what happened, that's all I want to understand". His uncleRuslan Tsarni had hoped to bury Tsarnaevin Massachusetts, where he lived, but no cemetery would let him, according to the Los Angeles Times. There is a July 1999 article in a magazine called "The Director which is a publication for professionals in the mortuary biz. . Sysoon enables anyone to create a free online tribute for a much loved relative or friend who has passed away. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the gunman, had been bullied for several years prior to the massacre. 'I got home and before long a SWAT team got there and a detective and it was just craziness', said Sue. 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. She attempted to paint a very real portrait of Dylan and insisted on his humanity, said Andrew Solomon, who wrote about the Klebolds in his 2012 book, Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity, and wrote the introduction to Klebolds memoir. It was horrifying to see him in that mode. But I never thought it would hurt that much.. which Sues friend talks about having worked with Dylans mother for a couple of years prior to helping her arrange her son Dylans cremation. What kind of a horrible person am I to feel joy?" DENVER Dylan Klebold, one of two suspects in last weeks bloodbath at Columbine High School, led a life of contradictions. This memorial website was created in memory of Dylan B Klebold, 17, born on September 11, 1981 and passed away on April 20, 1999. Marxhausen probably speaks for both men when he says the toll Columbine has taken on his life is incalculable. Who wants to begin?. Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik killed 14 people in San Bernardino in December 2015. She continued, Morality, empathy, ethics these werent one-time lessons, but embedded in everything we did with our kids.. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. Review. A Navy pilot in Vietnam, Kirsten had seen horrors. Klebold, along with classmate Eric Harris, killed 12 fellow students and one teacher on April 20 before they committed suicide. But, he added, Im dealing with logistics. The Social Security Death Index includes over 200 million citizen death records. Dylan ended the shooting which saw 13 . He was too late, however, to be useful as a mediator. 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? I smoothed Dylan's hair and kissed his forehead, searching his face for clues and finding none. . and our Sue Klebolds son Dylan Klebold was one of the two teenagers behind the school shooting at Columbine High School, Colorado, in 1999. Image by Courtesy of the Klebold Family, By Britta Lokting Sometimes families go from funeral home to funeral home, cemetery to cemetery searching for a placewilling to offer a gravesite. 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