Over the next 10 years, Kirsten's persistent evangelicalism would make him the target of accusations that he was exploiting a tragedy. You can even leave virtual flowers on the memorials you visit to complete the online cemetery experience. Klebold said her son didnt identify with being Jewish. 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. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. This is a carousel with slides. Join a discussion and talk to others in the Sysoon community. Families dont want the attention because theyre oftenblamed for their relatives crimes, and they leave their relatives graves unmarked because the family is afraid the grave will be defaced.. Don Marxhausen believed that Dylans parents deserved to hear the message of Gods grace. Ultimately, [his parents] were also victims, he said. 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. '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.'. It was all very normal. Looking back, Klebold realizes Dylans behavior might have suggested a larger problem. 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. Both are from Columbus, Ohio and went to Ohio State University. 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. 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. Sue is from a prominent Jewish community . ", Marxhausen said the Klebolds have remained in seclusion because they fear "all the anger and scapegoating and blame-pointing.". Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. Tombstonesare left unmarkedby the names inextricably linked to violence. On the Sunday between Dylans funeral and Cassies, 70,000 mourners gathered in a parking lot to listen to Franklin Graham, among others, proclaim the gospel. 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. . If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. A buddy finally persuaded Kirsten to go to the VA hospital, where he was diagnosed as being 80 percent disabled with PTSD. She's spent years excavating every detail of her family life, trying to understand what she could have done to prevent her son's violence. I think we have more confidence in what didnt happen than what did.. The two, both Columbine seniors, killed a dozen students and a teacher before taking their own lives. Dylan lay in the casket surrounded with Beanie Babies. But I never thought it would hurt that much.. Click on the address to view a map. His mother considered herself Jewish, yet the family belonged to a Lutheran church. So to have the entire credibility of it washed away, that hurt.". 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. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. So much of what was reported about Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold right after their April 20, 1999 attack on Columbine High School was wrong. "I learned how fear can take hold of a community. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. 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 quiet group huddled around an open California grave Tuesday, flanked by armed FBI agents. Exhausted by the tragedy, Marxhausen took a three-month sabbatical. The video of the memorial reveals a service heavy on Christianity, with church officials and references to Jesus Christ. He would get irritated when we corrected his driving, and do that teenage eye roll thing. His friends have said that he was cremated. Tsarnaevs body now lies in an unmarked grave in Virginia. George Kirsten was in Israel on the day of the shootings; immediately, he turned around to come home. 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'. His hands were folded on his chest, and stuffed animals surrounded him. Thats what we do.. Enjoy free access to the most up-to-date SSDI search for individuals with International Social Security numbers. 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. 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. "I turned it off. 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. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Share. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. It remained unclear at press time what forms of Judaism or Christianity, or what combination of the two, were practiced in the Klebold home. Marxhausen and Kirsten (and their colleagues) were engaged in spiritual triage, tending to hundreds of traumatized families. 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. -- b. They are buried at a California cemetery far from their home because a closer graveyard would not take the bodies. Sunday attendance has declined from 2,000 in 1999 to about 1,100 today. In her newly released book, A Mothers Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy, she writes about trying to instill a moral code in her son. Long-time friends arrived; one couple was from my church. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. They are picturedexamine a sawed-off shotgun at a makeshift shooting range the year of the shooting, Following the shooting, Sue says 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', 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, Despite being tormented by guilt, Sue says she is finally in a better place, and has 'plenty to be thankful for', 17:21 09 Jul 2021, updated 00:59 10 Jul 2021, Queen of the cobbles! Similarly, Marxhausen said, the Klebolds are right to grieve their son's death, despite the momentous tragedy he helped cause. She reportedly told Grantz: Its so hard to see my son portrayed as a monster when that isnt the boy I know. For the families of those who did the killing, burialis solitary, imbuedwith horror, shameand fear. After his mother retrieved him and drove him home, she stopped him as he ran upstairs, and then sat him down on the steps. Eric Harris, along with Dylan Klebold, shot and killed 13 people and injured 20 at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. The funeral home and chapel where Dylan Klebold's private viewing took place in Denver,Colorado. To use this feature, use a newer browser. 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). You absorb everyone elses pain, and after a while that catches up to you, big time. Still, he concedes, he left when his church needed him most. Britta Lokting is the Forwards culture fellow. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. This monster, she told her hairdresser, Dee Grant, tears coming down her cheeks, was not the son I knew.. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. At the service, Marxhausen told the Old Testament story of Absalom, King Davids rebel son who took part in a revolt and was killed. What is Archives, Military records of Dylan B Klebold at Fold3.com. I held her, but could feel nothing, as I was numb with overload. 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. [Dylan] never talked that way to me. However, Marxhausen did speak to the New York Times this week and told its reporters that the Klebold family held a Passover seder in its home this year. Klebold, along with classmate Eric Harris, killed 12 fellow students and one teacher on April 20 before they committed suicide. A family lawyer came. Tell them about these good people., Pastor Donald Marxhausen U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current. As he preached, Marxhausen could see Dylan, laid out before him in an open coffin. His father claimed his body but the burial site is unknown. According to Kirsten, the church's youth pastor at the time approached the Bernalls about writing a book on Cassie's life, her descent into sin and her acceptance of Jesus. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Don Marxhausen, has told Denver area reporters that he has been consoling the Klebolds since last weeks tragedy. "That's where I think I started getting in trouble with my church," says Marxhausen. Marxhausen described them as "very good people, fine people" who have been shocked by the disclosures. His long, skinny body fit awkwardly into the cardboard casket where it would lie until cremation. As the months passed, new evidence began to show that it had not, in fact, been Cassie who "said yes." They feared that the graves would be desecrated, among other concerns. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. There's where you screwed up!' Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his brother Dzhokhar killed three people after they planted bombs at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? 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. Sometimes graves are not marked for the opposite reason: Authorities fear they might become a place of worship. I turned it off., 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. Failed to delete memorial. April 24, 1999 Her attorney attended his synagogue. There is a July 1999 article in a magazine called "The Director which is a publication for professionals in the mortuary biz. Dylan Klebold helped perpetrate one of the bloodiest school shootings in history, indelibly etching the name "Columbine" into our collective memories. contrasting symbol, because it is so true & means so much the battle between good & bad never ends Here we ponder on the tragedy of Dylan Klebold. Sometimes families go from funeral home to funeral home, cemetery to cemetery searching for a placewilling to offer a gravesite. Sorry! Sue Klebold broke down in tears as she remembered the funeral of her son Dylan. I thought, Dylan would not say anything like that. This story was originally published June 23, 2016, 6:57 PM. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Adam Lanza killed 26 people when he open fired in Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. After Dylans funeral, he described the killers parents as the loneliest people on the planet to The Denver Post. Franklin Graham was beating me up through my TV, he says. You have to be prepared to hurt when you go into the ministry. Try again. 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. Try again later. Yet the Rev. What happened? You can even leave 'virtual flowers' on the memorials you visit to complete the online cemetery experience. On Thursday, April 22, Tom Klebold called and asked for help. Dylan Klebold had been accepted by the University of Arizona and planned to attend this fall. In 1999, however, Columbine shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold became the nation's first poster boys for the phenomenon and the first to be widely misunderstood. And darn if I heard anything that made me think, 'Ah! Marxhausen probably speaks for both men when he says the toll Columbine has taken on his life is incalculable. Shoels was killed in the shooting spree at Columbine High School (AP Photo/Michael S. Green) . 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. 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. He is buried in an unmarked grave in Virginia. He wasnt raised Jewish. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Whether Dylan Klebold was on equal footing with Harris or simply a follower in openly admiring Hitler and white supremacy is also still unclear. Thanks for your help! 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 . Anyone from any background can have mental issues, she said. "What I remember most is this tremendous barrage of very hurting people," he says. During his junior year in high school, 12 months before the shootings, he and Harris broke into a van. Littleton,Colorado. Ten years later, these two men of Godradically different in personality and theological approachare still struggling to deal with the damage done to them by two boys bent on murder and mayhem. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. 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. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the gunman, had been bullied for several years prior to the massacre. April 20, 2019. There was a problem getting your location. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. According to the Dispatch, Susan may have moved from the Columbus area in the 1970s. I do understand no one wants to associate their names with such evil events, Tsarni told public radio station WBUR. We will remember him forever. Like McVeighs, the gravesiteof Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the alleged Boston Marathon bomber who diedduring a shootout with police shortly after the attack in 2013, was contested. At the end of our conversation, Klebold acknowledged ones upbringing as irrelevant to these tragedies and denounced the idea that religion played any role. We never taught any prejudice in our home. Families fear the burial place will be defaced by people upset over the actions of the killer. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. A dead person must be buried.. With millions of names, it's an invaluable tool for genealogist and history buffs. Heres a look at what has happened to the pepetraors of mass shootings: Omar Mateen killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida last week. 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. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Denver area Jews, meanwhile, have expressed discomfort at the emphasis being paid to Klebolds alleged Jewishness. Except for issuing a statement last week expressing sorrow at their sons actions, the Klebolds have refused all media requests for comments or interviews. But Tom [her now ex-husband] and I knew exactly what had happened in our home all those years we parented Dylan, and we were equally sure the answer wasnt there, she wrote in the book. Tsarnaevs wife refused to claim his body, and his parents would not return to the United States to arrange his funeral. Sysoon enables anyone to create a free online tribute for a much loved relative or friend who has passed away. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Eric was the stronger personality, student Dan Holsey told the Denver Post. There were students who feared them, who despised them, who snickered at them, who taunted them. "Then the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept," as the Bible tells it. His mother considered herself Jewish, yet the family belonged to a Lutheran church. Heres what is, Amid controversy, Biden administration shortens visit by Cuban Border Guard officials. You do your job, he said. 'I was exposed to all the horrible things people believed to be true about us,' she said. Obviously, this fight can never end. 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. [74522655-en], A funeral is a ceremony for celebrating, respecting, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a person who has died. Hundreds and hundreds of people turned out to say farewell to each of the Columbine victims. After the Columbine tragedy, she had a fleeting thought that if her son had had a formal religious upbringing, he might not have killed a dozen people and himself. View the latest documents, pictures, photos and images of or upload the files of your loved one. 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. They didnt do this, their son did. The problem of what to do with the body can be particularly acute when the perpetrator is Muslim, because Islam prohibits cremation. 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. '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.'. Birth date: 11September, Today, West Bowles is a soaring modern building facing the Rocky Mountains where ministers preach a fundamentalist Christianity. "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. ", But at West Bowles, the Cassie legend was not thenand is not nowa matter of debate. During his sermon, George Kirsten proclaimed Cassie a martyr. Here's details; After a 3rd brief shooting duel with the cops, Harris sat down, with his back against the bookshelf, he placed the grip of his shotgun between his legs, the barrel was in his mouth, leaned upwards. . It took a week to track downa cemetery that would agree to be the final resting place for the terrorists. But, he added, Im dealing with logistics. Police have identified neo-Nazism and a fascination with Adolf Hitler as among several hate-oriented themes that influenced the pair. Dylan Klebold helped perpetrate one of the bloodiest school shootings in history, indelibly etching the name "Columbine" into our collective memories. Brian Rohrbough, whose son, Danny, was among the first to die that day, continues to believe that propagating the Cassie legend despite contradictory evidence exploits the grief of all the families in Littleton. I smoothed Dylan's hair and kissed his forehead, searching his face for clues and finding none. Klebold's body was cremated and his family held a small memorial service. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. Review. This article was published more than7 years ago. This decision has haunted him ever since. Columbine high school shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold appear in this video capture of a surveillance tape released by the Jefferson County. This browser does not support getting your location. Childhood's End: Three days before the shootings, Dylan Klebold attended his high school prom. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. But after the shooting, she changed her mind. Don Marxhausen believed that Dylan's parents deserved to hear the message of God's grace. He agreed. When you're in it and so impacted by it, you just don't think about the effect it's having on you." And why didn't they know more? You have to be prepared to hurt when you go into the ministry. 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. It was horrifying to see him in that mode. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. 'I said out loud, "Darling help me understand what happened, that's all I want to understand". At one point in the book, he objects, out of embarrassment, to reciting the four questions at a Seder. She attended a Reform Jewish synagogue and went to church with her grandmother. Twitter @brittalokting. ", "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. He is reportedly buried in Virginia but no further details are known. A system error has occurred. 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. "This is Cassie's graduation day," he began. The basics of personal finance, like How to save for a house. Figure out your next step toward financial freedom. 'What I remember doing was just wanting to crawl in that casket with him, he was so cold I just kept thinking, I've got to get him warm, I just wanted him to be warm. Susan Klebold grew up in Ohio with a Jewish father and a Christian mother. Write a brief biography of the deceased and present it to the world. This can be a wonderful, heartwarming experience for all. Which leaves the Klebold and Harris parents: What insights might they have to offer this traumatized community? Dylan Klebold asked the traditional four questions, the Times reported. I wished for my son to kill himself, and he did, Susan Klebold said. Burying the pepetrators of mass killings can be complicated, for good reason. After the shootings, Klebold sought solace from the now retired rabbi Steven Foster at Temple Emanuel, in Denver. Add to your scrapbook. 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. Those few mourners who camearrived by circuitous routes, to avoid drawingattention to the ceremony. "She Said Yes" became an instant bestseller. His mother on the other hand wondered how he could be anti-Semitic, as he was half Jewish and she being full. Privacy Policy. Sue remembered the moment she was told that her son was one of the shooters, admitting that she prayed for her son to die after finding out he had hurt so many people. DENVER Dylan Klebold, one of two suspects in last weeks bloodbath at Columbine High School, led a life of contradictions. son's funeral April 27. Also known as an outstanding football player for the Ohio State Buckeyes in his youth, Yassenoff had such lasting influence in Columbus that the citys Jewish community center still bears his name. Funeral homes and cemeteries, funeral directors, products, flowers etc.. Sysoon is a free resource for finding the final resting places of famous folks, friends and family members. 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. based on information from your browser. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. On the Sunday between Dylan's funeral and Cassie's, 70,000 mourners gathered in a parking lot to listen to Franklin Graham, among others, proclaim the gospel. Milton and his wife, Charlotte, who was not Jewish, raised their daughter Susan Dylan Klebolds mother as a Jew. "And as he wept, he said thus: 'O my son Absalom my son, my son Absalom if only I had died in your place! The story of Cassie's martyrdom instantly became legend at West Bowles. His death certificate lists his final resting place as the only entirely Muslim cemetery in South Florida. Review. '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.'. Verify and try again. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. What did they know about their sons? Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. which Sues friend talks about having worked with Dylans mother for a couple of years prior to helping her arrange her son Dylans cremation. Pin. Sysoon memorials are rich with content, including dates, photos and bios. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. On the way out I asked the lawyer how should I respond to the media. He was one of the teens behind the Columbine High School Massacre in 1999. 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 . His father was very enraged that day, asking who would give his son a gun. Those who were there watched as the bodies ofSyed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, the attackers whoshot and killed14 peopleata holiday party in California last month, were cleansed, wrapped in white cloth and lowered into the ground in accordance with Muslimtradition. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. 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. This is anunseen aftermath of terror attacks and mass shootings. Reports of the Klebold familys Jewish ancestry first appeared last Friday in the Columbus Dispatch of Columbus, Ohio, where Dylan Klebolds maternal great-grandfather, the late Leo Yassenoff, was a Jewish community leader and philanthropist. The funeral home and chapel where Dylan Klebolds private viewing took place in Denver,Colorado. Please, Login or Sign-up to post your comments. 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