I knew I would have to use eggs if I wanted any fish, but that didnt matter at the time. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Dylan Bennet Klebold I found on Findagrave.com. What kind of a horrible person am I to feel joy?" Sue is from a prominent Jewish community . Both are from Columbus, Ohio and went to Ohio State University. I never went swimming, but the water was an escape in itself. Although she has battled for decades to gain a greater understanding over her son's actions, Ms Klebold she is now in a place where she is 'happy'. It seemed back then that when the world changed, these mountains would never move. Don Marxhausen, has told Denver area reporters that he has been consoling the Klebolds since last weeks tragedy. There is a July 1999 article in a magazine called "The Director which is a publication for professionals in the mortuary biz. Strong lady, can't imagine how she got through that. Don Marxhausen said of the parents, Thomas and Susan Klebold. "I learned how fear can take hold of a community. 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. "She said yes with her life. Dylan was remembered as a Cub Scout who attended church with his family. 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). Kirsten, 65, arrived in Littleton as a Denver Seminary student in 1974. 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. Sue Klebold, whose son Dylan, 17, went on a shooting rampage with his friend Eric Harris, 18, at their high school in Colorado in 1999, says she still thinks about the victims every day.. Dylan Klebold was meek, self-conscious, shy. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Time seemed to stop when I was fishing. "I was becoming somewhat toxic with my visibility and extrovertedness.". His friends have said that he was cremated. The lake is almost vacant, except for a few repulsive, suburbanite a$$holes. Everyone is upset, but I still want to go to the funeral, she said. He could barely speak in front of a stranger, especially a girl. '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. Marxhausen hated the whole thing. Who'll find love on our blind date? Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10972/dylan-bennet-klebold. Nature shared the secret serenity with someone who was actually observant enough to notice. Marxhausen described them as "very good people, fine people" who have been shocked by the disclosures. April 24, 1999 Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. . I had no idea.. Time to bait. Police said the parents of both teenagers "are being interviewed" in detail by investigators. We never taught any prejudice in our home. . Dylan was vulnerable in many ways - unquestionably emotionally immature, depressed, possibly suffering from a more serious mood or personality disorder. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. "I turned it off. I loved the water. To summarize it is readily apparent that both Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold felt a tremendous amount of rejection for real or imagined reasons. Littleton was ground zero for the kind of white, evangelical Christianity that was sweeping the country at the time. As I walked into the incredibly tension-filled room, I knew that the service I had prepared was not appropriate. Upon arrival at the funeral home I met Tom Klebold and his other son Byron. At this time I completed an interview with Dylans brother, Byron Klebold (DOB 10-23-78). Getty, AP, AP, AFP/Getty. Staff writer Michael A. Fletcher contributed to this report. 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. I called John Horan of Horan & McConaty Funeral Service, Denver, Colorado, and together we made funeral arrangements for Dylan Klebold. Similarly, Marxhausen said, the Klebolds are right to grieve their son's death, despite the momentous tragedy he helped cause. Published: 17:21 GMT, 9 July 2021 | Updated: 00:59 GMT, 10 July 2021. 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. Please enter your email and password to sign in. On the way out I asked the lawyer how should I respond to the media. Try again later. "God, who knows about suffering and pain and loss, wants to reach out to you," he told the grieving parents, according to news accounts. Dylan Klebold was a child of upper-middle-class parents, considered gifted in grammar school. In 2003, Kirsten relinquished his pulpit, though he remains the senior pastor at West Bowles. Two days before the shooting, Cassie had recorded a video of herself testifying to her faith in Christ. Dylan was in an open coffin, with beanie babies lining his head (this helped to cover trauma caused by the gunshot wound). After meeting several times with the couple since Tuesday's shooting-and-bombing rampage at the school, Marxhausen tonight described the Klebolds as being at a loss to explain what drove their son, 17, and his friend Eric Harris, 18, to carry out the attack. Copyright 1999 Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Dylan Klebold (10972)? Dylan Klebold. 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 . I worked for several years with Sue Klebold at Arapahoe Community College. As a boy, he was in the Boy Scouts and . They wanted the worlds attention and now they got it. What happened? Eric kind of let his feelings be known, his hatreds or dislikes. Done. Since existence has known, the 'fight' between good & evil has continued. More than 2,500 people flooded the sanctuary of West Bowles Community Church, where Cassie had been a member. 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. Police have identified neo-Nazism and a fascination with Adolf Hitler as among several hate-oriented themes that influenced the pair. In that single hour, the duo murdered 12 students and one teacher in the deadliest school shooting in America (at the time). 'I said out loud, "Darling help me understand what happened, that's all I want to understand". Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. But if the parents knew what was going on in the home, with bombs being made, my attitude would change, obviously., 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, 'THAT JERK' PROSECUTOR TRIGGERS MRS. 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He had performed the marriage of Misty and Brad Bernall in 1980; more recently, he had helped guide their teenage daughter Cassie through a dark and rebellious time. He is half Jewish as I am all Jewish. So it went for a half an hour or more. For more information, please see our or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Columbine killers' diaries offer chilling insight Anger-filled diaries kept by the Columbine High School gunmen and nearly 1,000 pages of other documents were made public Thursday. Queen Letizia of Spain is polished in a recycled Reiss skirt as she joins King Felipe VI at Repli-Kate! Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Thanks for your help! After the shooting, Sue considered leaving her hometown, but decided against it so she could stay close to her support network of friends and neigbours who have stuck by her side. The final of the Basement Tape, reported to have been recorded . Dylan Bennet Klebold. 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Only a handful of people came to say goodbye to Dylan Klebold. . Harris had been planning for the shooting for over a year, with evidence of aspirations for orchestrating a shooting visible in his journal entries. '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. Instead, I went with a lour, even though this was a lake. Dylan Klebold helped perpetrate one of the bloodiest school shootings in history, indelibly etching the name "Columbine" into our collective memories. He had survived a helicopter crash in Vietnam; two months later he had watched as fellow crew members aboard the USS Enterprise burned alive. 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. 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. Kirsten was there for all of it. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. 'They were saying 25 people were dead and I remember thinking at one point, if Dylan is really hurting people the way they're saying he is - I prayed that he would die.'. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris had openly admired Adolf Hitler. 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After Columbine, local evangelicalswho said the shootings were the devils work and who used the tragedy as an opportunity to bring people to Jesusinfuriated him. 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. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Time to go!. 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. Older brother, Byron, reading The Transformers animated series book while Dylan intently listens with posed, expressive fingers. It remains the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. Dylan was in an open coffin, with beanie babies lining his head (this helped to cover trauma caused by the gunshot wound). Wed Nov 30, 2016 8:35 am. El 20 de abril de 1999 vi sin poder creerlo en televisin como se desenvolvan los trgicos eventos en Columbine. Columbine Massacre Suicide Photos. Marxhausen believes firmly in a loving, forgiving God and a nuanced approach to questions of salvation. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. 'I was exposed to all the horrible things people believed to be true about us,' she said. Mi incredulidad se transform en tristeza cuando me di cuenta que John Tomlin, un chico de mi iglesia, muri en la biblioteca ese da. Today, West Bowles is a soaring modern building facing the Rocky Mountains where ministers preach a fundamentalist Christianity. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. His family and few friends shared memories, the happy ones about Dylan the Boy Scout, Dylan the Little Leaguer, Dylan the wrestler. 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. Born on September 11, 1981 in Lakewood, Colorado, Dylan Klebold was considered gifted as early as grammar school. That's actually really sweet and heartbreaking at the same time. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? 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 Recalling the day her son was buried, Ms Klebold said he was laid to rest in a cardboard box, and broke down into floods of tears as she said she wanted to 'crawl in that casket with him' and was desperate to understand what drove her son to commit such an atrocious crime. "We rely heavily on scripture," says Kirsten, "and on the premise that Christ is the ultimate forgiver, the ultimate lover, and that only through him can we know the Lord.". She appeared onBBC Four documentary Raising a School Shooter where she broke down while remembering his funeral. My fav. 1999-04-21. DENVER Dylan Klebold, one of two suspects in last week's bloodbath at Columbine High School, led a life of contradictions. My disbelief turned into sadness as I learned that John Tomlin, a boy from my church, Foothills Bible Church, died in the library that day. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Yet the Rev. I didnt know he could do this. CNN televised the funeral of Rachel Scott and it become the most-watched thing they'd aired up till that point. This was considered one of the worst school shootings to occur at that time. 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. "They keep asking themselves, 'What happened? I learned how fear can take hold of a community. Good things turn bad, bad things become good. The elder Yassenoff and his son, Milton Yassenoff, were members of the Columbus Reform congregation, Temple Israel, the Dispatch reported. Despite being tormented by guilt, Sue says she is finally in a better place, and has 'plenty to be thankful for'. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Would I do a funeral for his son? Later that afternoon the mother discovered that her son was dead, and remembered 'groaning' with emotional pain out loud while watching the news. The drives up to the mountains were always peaceful, a certain halcyon hibernating within the tall peaks & the armies of pine trees. His hands were folded on his chest, and stuffed animals surrounded him. Harris and Dylan Klebold "were obviously crazy and lost," she added. Is Bob Dylans Judaism blowin in the wind? I thought, Dylan would not say anything like that. His mother on the other hand wondered how he could be anti-Semitic, as he was half Jewish and she being full. The funeral home and chapel where Dylan Klebolds private viewing took place in Denver,Colorado. Lived: 6430 days = 17 years. Learn more about merges. There's where you screwed up!' To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. On Tuesday, as the Columbine massacre was already under way, the father apparently contacted authorities, suspecting his son was involved in the shootings. KLEboLD: Being shy didn't help. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Privacy Policy. On the morning of Tuesday, April 20, 1999, Columbine High School senior Brooks Brown noted something strange. Then Dylans father Tom said, Who the hell gave a gun to my son? Milton and his wife, Charlotte, who was not Jewish, raised their daughter Susan Dylan Klebolds mother as a Jew. He was the second child of Thomas and Susan and the brother of Byron, three years older. Byron and Tom and I held one anothers hands, and together we held Dylans. 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. All we have in the house is a BB gun to shoot the woodpeckers. And so when a desperate Tom Klebold phoned, the pastora liberal-minded Lutheranagreed to arrange a private service. The next morning, my disbelief and sadness turned to horror as I saw the name "Dylan Klebold flash across my television screen. 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? He and his friend Eric Harris. 'I remember thinking everything was good,' she said. No regrets, though. "Then the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept," as the Bible tells it. Sue Klebold's son Dylan Klebold was one of the two teenagers behind the school shooting at Columbine High School, Colorado, in 1999. They were fascinated by violent computer games, by bombs and guns, death and gore, and by the lurid imagery of Nazi Germany. Eric David Harris (April 9, 1981 - April 20, 1999) and Dylan Bennet Klebold (/ k l i b o l d /; September 11, 1981 - April 20, 1999) were an American mass murder duo who perpetrated the Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Dylan Klebold had been accepted by the University of Arizona and planned to attend this fall. It was Saturday, four days after the shootings. 26 March 2017. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. columbine massacre. Laughlin was driving his Mistubishi Galant, headed off . We didnt even know the family. Sucks for everyone else. Each funeral was special in its own way, just like the person who was buried. Harris' family did not. Which leaves the Klebold and Harris parents: What insights might they have to offer this traumatized community? A small mountain of beanie babies was piled around the boy's head, covering the self-administered wound that killed him. 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? Try again. We will remember him forever. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. It's definitely exciting to get to take a look into the minds of . I'm going to kill you all. Eric was warm, humid air and Dylan was cold and dry air, resulting in a full blown Tornado. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? I have read the sample you can download off the Apple Book store, but would really like to buy the whole thing.