A family lawyer came. Note: what appears to be his white hair streak birth mark. We arrived at the lake, but I dont remember what the name of it is. Nature shared the secret serenity with someone who was actually observant enough to notice. Appearing in BBC Four documentaryRaising a School Shooter, the 72-year-old said 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. Cross in remembrance of Dylan Klebold, who w. Friend Eric Harris went on shooting spree at Columbine High School killing 13 & ending in their. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. "She said yes with her life. Sue Klebold broke down in tears as she remembered the funeral of her son Dylan He was one of the teens behind the Columbine High School Massacre in 1999 Dylan ended the shooting which saw. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Don Marxhausen believed that Dylan's parents deserved to hear the message of God's grace. Try again. Dylan Bennet Klebold. Within one hour, 18-year-old Harris and his 17-year-old accomplice Dylan Klebold - a fellow Columbine student and Brown's friend since the first grade - were both dead. Until recently, Sue was on the Mortuary Science Program Advisory Committee and made certain that the program functioned under the guidelines of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Share Your Memories and Sympathies and Join the Bereaved! It took the mother six months to fully acknowledge the extent of her son's crimes, with police having to show Sue evidence that proved the massacre was premeditated. LITTLETON, Colo. Friends, neighbors and classmates are grappling with conflicting feelings over whether to attend the funerals of the two Trench Coat killers. "People were missing the big point," says Kirsten. What happened? . 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. During his sermon, George Kirsten proclaimed Cassie a martyr. It was to be a private, secret affair, with a few trusted friends. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. I would dine on fancy breakfast cuisine, otherwise know as Cocoa Puffs. Published: 17:21 GMT, 9 July 2021 | Updated: 00:59 GMT, 10 July 2021. Correct me if I'm wrong. Wed Nov 30, 2016 8:35 am. Sue is from a prominent Jewish community . He stated that Dylan did wear a black trench coat and that he acted like he was tough. When asked about friends, Byron was only familiar with three, Zack, Eric and Nate. You have to be prepared to hurt when you go into the ministry. The mother of one of the Columbine school shooters admitted she 'prayed her son would die' when she learned of the massacre. Harris' family did not. Older brother, Byron, reading The Transformers animated series book while Dylan intently listens with posed, expressive fingers. On top of killing innocent people Dylan and Eric did the shittiest thing ever to their families. Klebold, along with classmate Eric Harris, killed 12 fellow students and one teacher on April 20 before they committed suicide. She is the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre that occurred on April 20, 1999. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Privacy Policy. There was his mother Susans favorite story: One afternoon, Dylan, age 10, came running back from the creek with a pile of leeches. When he came back in September, "it was clear this wasn't my church anymore," he says. A small mountain of beanie babies was piled around the boy's head, covering the self-administered wound that killed him. I honestly don't know how Sue carries on every day knowing that her son both murdered the innocent and left his family to deal with the stigma of his actions. Yet the Rev. and aw to Zach for attending Dylan's funeral. This monster, she told her hairdresser, Dee Grant, tears coming down her cheeks, was not the son I knew.. Sucks for everyone else. The media circus had begun, and Tom, on the best of days, is a private person. Two days later, another Littleton, Colo., pastor presided over another funeral. Both are from Columbus, Ohio and went to Ohio State University. "And as he wept, he said thus: 'O my son Absalom my son, my son Absalom if only I had died in your place! He admired Hitler, yet his great-great grandfather was a respected Jewish philanthropist in Ohio. As he preached, Marxhausen could see Dylan, laid out before him in an open coffin. Murdaugh is heckled as he leaves court, Mom who lost both sons to fentanyl blasts laughing Biden, Moment teenager crashes into back of lorry after 100mph police race, Missing hiker buried under snow forces arm out to wave to helicopter, Family of a 10-month-old baby filmed vaping open up, Hershey's Canada releases HER for SHE bars featuring a trans activist, Ukrainian soldier takes out five tanks with Javelin missiles. Susan Francis Klebold ( ne Yassenoff; born March 25, 1949) is an American author and activist. I never nix it now that Ive got Mr. Fix-It. Now theres even more undeniable proof that he was cremated. I would wake up to black skies & coffee bean aromas making their way around the house. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. He was too late, however, to be useful as a mediator. The journal entries Klebold and Harris wrote point to several significant warning signs. Getty, AP, AP, AFP/Getty. For months Sue was in denial about what her her son had done: 'They said the boys did all these terrible things. Time seemed to stop when I was fishing. 26 March 2017. Harris's father, Wayne, 50, is a retired Air Force pilot who works in aviation safety as a civilian, and his mother, Kathy, 49, runs a catering business. The last time Chad Laughlin saw his buddy Dylan Klebold, the two almost smashed into each other in the parking lot of Columbine High School. Like. The expression on Dylans face was unfamiliar, which Byron later confessed made it easier for him. Thats where I think I started getting in trouble with my church, says Marxhausen. He said, Tell them what you saw here today. Eric was warm, humid air and Dylan was cold and dry air, resulting in a full blown Tornado. Except for issuing a statement last week expressing sorrow at their sons actions, the Klebolds have refused all media requests for comments or interviews. Staff writer Michael A. Fletcher contributed to this report. Cookie Notice Dylan Klebold examines a shot-up bowling pin used for target practice at a makeshift shooting range March 6, 1999 in Douglas County, CO in this image. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. Letizia of Spain looks chic in an Isabel Oakeshott receives 'menacing' message from Matt Hancock, Insane moment river of rocks falls onto Malibu Canyon in CA, Ken Bruce finishes his 30-year tenure as host of BBC Radio 2, Pavement where disabled woman gestured at cyclist before fatal crash, Pro-Ukrainian drone lands on Russian spy planes exposing location, 'Buster is next!' 'But at this stage in my life, I guess I would say, yes, I am. It remained unclear at press time what forms of Judaism or Christianity, or what combination of the two, were practiced in the Klebold home. Eric David Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold were a pair of school shooters, bombers, and mass murderers responsible for the April 20, 1999 Columbine High School Massacre in Columbine, Colorado, which killed thirteen people and wounded 21 others before ending with both of their suicides. I'm going to kill you all. We have set your language to The motives for Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold to carry out the Columbine High School massacre had nothing to do with bullying or revenge and the real truth is even more disturbing. As a boy, he was in the Boy. We were finally by his side, a family again. Im Jewish., Similarly, Susan Klebolds cousin, Skip Yassenoff, indicated to the Denver Post last week that Dylan Klebolds act must have been very difficult for [Susan], for any average American parent but particularly for someone brought up Jewish.. Harris and Klebold killed 13 people and wounded 24 others at Columbine High School, where they were seniors, in Columbine, Colorado. The drives up to the mountains were always peaceful, a certain halcyon hibernating within the tall peaks & the armies of pine trees. Try again later. On April 20, 1999, when Sue Klebold heard about a shooting incident at Columbine High School, her thoughts immediately turned to her 17-year-old son, Dylan, who was a senior there. Mi incredulidad se transform en tristeza cuando me di cuenta que John Tomlin, un chico de mi iglesia, muri en la biblioteca ese da. Harris and Dylan Klebold "were obviously crazy and lost," she added. Exhausted by the tragedy, Marxhausen took a three-month sabbatical. Yes, the Ever-lasting contrast. David Brooks Op-Ed column notes that after his recent column about 1999 shootings at Columbine High School, he got e-mail from Tom Klebold, father of Dylan Klebold, one of shooters; holds that . Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Marxhausen and Kirsten (and their colleagues) were engaged in spiritual triage, tending to hundreds of traumatized families. Sue contacted me to ask for my help in arranging the cremation and private memorial service for her son. Sorry to make another post, but I found yet another photograph of Tom Klebold from when he was attending Springfield High School in 1962. Marxhausen believes firmly in a loving, forgiving God and a nuanced approach to questions of salvation. They favored dark clothing, as did others in their loose and relatively tiny clique, the so-called Trenchcoat Mafia. On April 20, 1999, two disturbed teenage boys Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris began a killing rampage at Columbine High School in the suburban town of Littleton, Colorado. There is a July 1999 article in a magazine called "The Director which is a publication for professionals in the mortuary biz. They were fascinated by violent computer games, by bombs and guns, death and gore, and by the lurid imagery of Nazi Germany. Since the tragedy at Columbine High, Susan Klebold has given several indications, indirectly to local media, that she considers herself a Jew. The answer is blowin in the wind. 'Then you start to feel guilty, because as soon as you begin to feel happy, you begin to hate yourself. DENVER Dylan Klebold, one of two suspects in last weeks bloodbath at Columbine High School, led a life of contradictions. I never liked salmon eggs, too much gooey crap that gets on your fingers. What lack of sleep REALLY does to your face: Expert reveals the warning signs your skin is suffering, My Daily Horoscope: What does March 2nd hold for MY star sign? This is a carousel with slides. 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. Marxhausen, now nearly 70, is a burly, plain-spoken man who arrived in Littleton in 1990, and built St. Philip Lutheran Church into a thriving, mainline congregation with more than 1,000 members. Tom was a geophysicist, Sue worked with handicapped people. Marxhausen probably speaks for both men when he says the toll Columbine has taken on his life is incalculable. Long-time friends arrived; one couple was from my church. The telecast comes nearly 17 years after the tragedy and on the eve of . By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. '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. Who wants to begin?. And why didn't they know more? If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Dylan was in an open coffin, with beanie babies lining his head (this helped to cover trauma caused by the gunshot wound). They then killed themselves in the school library. Dylan Klebold's Funeral News Coverage (New Discovery) - YouTube 0:00 5:06 Dylan Klebold's Funeral News Coverage (New Discovery) Columbine Video Archives 25.5K subscribers Subscribe. ", The two couples, declining to speak publicly, have issued statements expressing sorrow for the school attack and asking to be left alone by reporters. And I didn't realise until this very moment that did become my life mission, I hope Dylan has helped me understand because that's what I've been seeking for 20 years, was understanding.'. 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 . He was the second child of Thomas and Susan and the brother of Byron, three years older. That unfamiliar expression was perhaps the only thing that allowed us to get through that first, horrific, unreal moment. I never went swimming, but the water was an escape in itself. For more information, please see our 'I had been grieving so much for this lost previous child and remembering who he was and that was the point I realised who he was to the rest of the world, everything died in my world, God died, my belief in truth in what my family was. With the disclosure by police today that one of the teenagers kept a year-long diary containing elaborate plans for the attack, attention focused anew on the parents of Klebold and Harris. 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. This decision has haunted him ever since. . Sorry! GREAT NEWS! Upon arrival at the funeral home I met Tom Klebold and his other son Byron. The story of Cassie's martyrdom instantly became legend at West Bowles. You added to the rage. Emotions continued to run high in Littleton as families prepare for a string of funeral and memorial services for the victims of Harris and Klebolds Tuesday rampage. Only a handful of people came to say goodbye to Dylan Klebold. This has nothing to do with religion or the failure of religion., As for Klebolds Jewish forebears, the rabbi said simply, Im sure the grandfather and great-grandfather are twisting in their graves., Neo-Nazism contributed to Littleton massacre, Nobel: Bob Dylan or Philip Roth? God was everywhere after Columbine. Don Marxhausen said of the parents, Thomas and Susan Klebold. From what I have gathered he didn't. Of course I wish these horrible things never happened, but certainly I'm grateful I've reached a place where life is okay and there's plenty to be thankful for.'. Hundreds and hundreds of people turned out to say farewell to each of the Columbine victims. Littleton was ground zero for the kind of white, evangelical Christianity that was sweeping the country at the time. They were always preempted, never extemporaneously brought out by my father the night before his intended day of relaxation. It was Saturday, four days after the shootings. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? While Dylan had run into trouble for stealing in the past, Sue believed her son was in a good place, happy that her he was employed, doing extracurricular activities and set to go to a university of his choice. Several phone callers to the Jewish News have complained that the media coverage might betray an anti-Semitic bias. Dylan Bennet Klebold was born in Denver, Colorado on September 11, 1981. At this time I completed an interview with Dylans brother, Byron Klebold (DOB 10-23-78). Instead, I went with a lour, even though this was a lake. Synagogue, Lutheran church heal wounds of history, Home repair project? We've received your submission. Dylan Klebold and Ryan Harris killed 13 people at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999. Lets not blame religion for this. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Byron went on to state that Dylan enjoyed playing games on the internet. 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? 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'. Franklin Graham was beating me up through my TV, he says. Would I do a funeral for his son? Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10972/dylan-bennet-klebold. But I wouldnt blame the parents.. Dylan Bennett Klebold. Bnai Chaim, the Jewish congregation nearest to where the Klebolds reside in Littleton, has apparently never had contact with the family. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. 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. 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 called John Horan of Horan & McConaty Funeral Service, Denver, Colorado, and together we made funeral arrangements for Dylan Klebold. ", "Columbine Killers' Basement Tapes Destroyed", "$2.53 Million Deal Ends Some Columbine Lawsuits", "Columbine High School Shootings Fast Facts", "Columbine Shooter Dylan Klebold's Parents Speak Out", "Columbine shooter Dylan Klebold's mother to hold first TV interview", "Inside The New York Times Book Review Podcast: 'A Mother's Reckoning', "#2 New York Times bestseller: "Mesmerizing, heart-stopping. You have to feel bad for them, she said. His mother considered herself Jewish, yet the family belonged to a Lutheran church. Crime scene photos showing the bodies of Columbine Shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Columbine Massacre Suicide Photos. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Exhausted by the tragedy, Marxhausen took a three-month sabbatical. Sigh. ", 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. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. And so when a desperate Tom Klebold phoned, the pastora liberal-minded Lutheranagreed to arrange a private service. A teen-age girl began screaming when she read a note addressed to Harris and Klebold left at a memorial site near Columbine HS. Byron indicated the last time he saw Dylan was on their fathers birthday. Here's what you need to know: 1. On the morning of Tuesday, April 20, 1999, Columbine High School senior Brooks Brown noted something strange. A Navy pilot in Vietnam, Kirsten had seen horrors. I was becoming somewhat toxic with my visibility and extrovertedness.. I would go just to give them a hug, she said. Laughlin was driving his Mistubishi Galant, headed off . Klebold's body was cremated and his family held a small memorial service. 9-11-1981 -- 17 year old son of Mr. Thomas Klebold (then 52) and Mrs. Susan (Yassenoff) Klebold (then 50), younger brother to Byron (21 at the time). Dylan was in an open coffin, with beanie babies lining his head (this helped to cover trauma caused by the gunshot wound). You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Failed to delete memorial. I learned how fear can take hold of a community. Marxhausen now lives south of Littleton in Highlands Ranch with his wife, and he ministers to a tiny, rural congregation in mountainous Idaho Springs. This thread is for pictures of Dylan. Columbine killer has cult of fans long after death. Subject: Dylan Klebold. Copyright 1999 A subreddit focused on constructive discussion to better understand the events that took place surrounding the mass shooting at Columbine High School on April 20th, 1999. I thought, Dylan would not say anything like that. columbine massacre. Klebold and Harris were social outcasts in the halls of Columbine, but so are a lot of students in a lot of schools. The world was shocked and sickened on April 20, 1991, when crazed students Dylan Klebold, 17, and Eric Harris, 18, slaughtered 12 students and one teacher at Colorado's Columbine High School. Nothing about this kid sticks out like the easy cases, where there's abuse or neglect or spoiling. The West Bowles congregation filled the Bernall's living room the week after April 20, praying and crying and praying some more. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, PrettyLittleThing - Offers on women's clothing, Get inspired by the newest styles and offers, Click through for ASOS promo codes this Autumn, Spend less with Missguided's exclusive codes, Treat yourself to offers on make-up and accessories, Check out the latest Wayfair sale to save on furniture. Sue Klebolds son Dylan Klebold was one of the two teenagers behind the school shooting at Columbine High School, Colorado, in 1999. His mother on the other hand wondered how he could be anti-Semitic, as he was half Jewish and she being full. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. That unfamiliar expression was perhaps the only thing that allowed us to get through that first, horrific, unreal moment. Another said what great parents the Klebolds were. CNN televised the funeral of Rachel Scott and it become the most-watched thing they'd aired up till that point. 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. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. His hands were folded on his chest, and stuffed animals surrounded him.