Since existence has known, the 'fight' between good & evil has continued. countless times, and my mind would wander to wherever it would want to go. 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. ", "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. Dylan says that as far back as the Foothills Day Care center he hated the "stuck-up" kids who he felt hated him. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. 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. This monster, she told her hairdresser, Dee Grant, tears coming down her cheeks, was not the son I knew.. The Washington Post Company. This is a carousel with slides. Try again later. I never liked those kind of people, they always seemed to ruin the serenity of the lake. 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. Correct me if I'm wrong. 'Somehow we were lesser human beings we were evil, we were people who did not know how to raise children, there were a world of people who hated us.'. Try again later. On Tuesday, as the Columbine massacre was already under way, the father apparently contacted authorities, suspecting his son was involved in the shootings. -- b. We were formal with each other, but he was grateful for my presence. ", The two couples, declining to speak publicly, have issued statements expressing sorrow for the school attack and asking to be left alone by reporters. Off to the races! There was little sign of activity in the darkened Klebold household or at Harrisses two-story home on a quiet cul-de-sac. Dylan was in an open coffin, with beanie babies lining his head (this helped to cover trauma caused by the gunshot wound). A small mountain of beanie babies was piled around the boys head, covering the self-administered wound that killed him. 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. Still, he concedes, he left when his church needed him most. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Telephone calls from the Jewish News to Marxhausen were not returned this week. Tell them about these good people., Pastor Donald Marxhausen Dylan Klebold. Yes, the Ever-lasting contrast. I honestly believe he would had just lived his life if he didn't meet Eric. 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. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. He indicated that he is working as a lot technician at the Ralph Schomp dealership and that his work # is {blank}. "That's where I think I started getting in trouble with my church," says Marxhausen. Published: 17:21 GMT, 9 July 2021 | Updated: 00:59 GMT, 10 July 2021. 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 . When he came back in September, it was clear this wasnt my church anymore, he says. 'Because you think, "how can I possibly feel happy when this terrible thing has happened? Byron indicated he is no longer living at the residence but returned to the residence when he heard about the incident at Columbine. So why was being grilled about her books on Mastermind so Why should I be asked to tip when I shop online? When he came back in September, "it was clear this wasn't my church anymore," he says. In his sermon, Marxhausen spoke of God's love. Harris and Klebold killed 13 people and wounded 24 others at Columbine High School, where they were seniors, in Columbine, Colorado. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. One family jumped in and talked about how much they loved Dylan. Time to go!. 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). ___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. I never nix it now that Ive got Mr. Fix-It. I would go to the garage & get my fishing tackle together, & throw it in the back of our 74 Ram. We were finally by his side, a family again. A 'Gentle Boy,' His Parents Told Investigators, Klebold Was Enrolled in an Elementary School Program for High Intellectual Potential Students. 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. Don Marxhausen said of the parents, Thomas and Susan Klebold. Sue has said herself that Dylan has no memorial site to visit. They favored dark clothing, as did others in their loose and relatively tiny clique, the so-called Trenchcoat Mafia. "Franklin Graham was beating me up through my TV," he says. But I never thought it would hurt that much.. Good things turn bad, bad things become good. 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. All we have in the house is a BB gun to shoot the woodpeckers. ", 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. He said Klebold's remains are to be cremated and that funeral arrangements for Harris are still being worked out. 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,. "I learned how fear can take hold of a community. Because I know that suffering is going on and I feel somehow it's unjust to be happy. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Apr 25, 1999 at 12:00 am. Dylans funeral was an open casket. There are some people who saw the sweet side of Dylan. We will miss you and we thank you for the joy and love you brought us, it read. His hands were folded on his chest, and stuffed animals surrounded him. Getty, AP, AP, AFP/Getty. 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. What did they know about their sons? Later that afternoon the mother discovered that her son was dead, and remembered 'groaning' with emotional pain out loud while watching the news. We will remember him forever. No words are adequate to describe the pain of seeing Dylans body in that casket. 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. Dylan's friends said he had never been on a date; he may never even have asked a. In the morning of April 20, before noon, the two juveniles . This was a good thing, as opposed to getting up for school or some other bulls*St. Dylan Klebold's body was released to Horan & McConaty Funeral Home (303) 477-1625 . Byron went on to state that Dylan enjoyed playing games on the internet. Dylan Bennet Klebold Born: 9-11-1981 6 feet 2.5 inches tall, 143 lbs. There is a July 1999 article in a magazine called "The Director which is a publication for professionals in the mortuary biz. Unlike those people afflicted with . As Sue and her family talked and told stories of their son and brother, I was given the opportunity to hear of the caring, loving side of Dylan that most people will never hear about.. 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'. Oops, we were unable to send the email. From what I have gathered he didn't. On April 20, 1999, I watched the television in disbelief as the tragic events unfolded at Columbine High School. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris had openly admired Adolf Hitler. That unfamiliar expression was perhaps the only thing that allowed us to get through that first, horrific, unreal moment. According to Dylan, with the exception of his parents, his extended family treated him like the runt of the litter. I dont know where all this comes about prejudice. Harris had been planning for the shooting for over a year, with evidence of aspirations for orchestrating a shooting visible in his journal entries. 'I remember thinking everything was good,' she said. Birth date: 11 September, 1981, Friday. His father was very enraged that day, asking who would give his son a gun. 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. Eric Harris,. 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. Dylan Klebold and Ryan Harris killed 13 people at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999. Dylan and Eric planned a large-scale bombing of their high school, hoping to take out five hundred lives in seconds and top the record for deadliest terrorist attack in American history. 'I said out loud, "Darling help me understand what happened, that's all I want to understand". He was too late, however, to be useful as a mediator. 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. This confuses me because I always thought it wasn't Zack who went to the funeral but his parents instead? That wasnt the young man Susan Klebold raised. Marxhausen probably speaks for both men when he says the toll Columbine has taken on his life is incalculable. You can always change this later in your Account settings. 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.. Try again later. As a boy, he was in the Boy. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Theyre nice people., Harris and Dylan Klebold were obviously crazy and lost, she added. 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. After the killing: How parents of attackers cope. ..definitely seeing Bryons resemblance at first glance of this one. 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Dylan Klebold was meek, self-conscious, shy. Wed Nov 30, 2016 8:35 am. I would give anything to have him come to me and put his arms around me and say "it's okay".'. I mean, he was still their son. I loved the water. Rachel Joy Scott was the first student killed by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold on 20 April, 1999. "I was becoming somewhat toxic with my visibility and extrovertedness.". Publication date. "I pushed [the pain] down, and I did that again with Columbine. "The parents should have been aware of it," Jefferson County Sheriff John P. Stone declared at a news briefing. The media circus had begun, and Tom, on the best of days, is a private person. They are picturedexamine a sawed-off shotgun at a makeshift shooting range the year of the shooting. Back to society. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Cast, Reel, etc. 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. He admired Hitler, yet his great-great grandfather was a respected Jewish philanthropist in Ohio. Time seemed to stop when I was fishing. This decision has haunted him ever since. 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. Their teenage son, along with his classmate Dylan Klebold, killed 12 students and a teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999. 2017-10-26 17:38:07. 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. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. 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.'. Which leaves the Klebold and Harris parents: What insights might they have to offer this traumatized community? I didnt know their last name, said Debbie Wilde, who lives two doors away. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. . Sue is from a prominent Jewish community . His father was very enraged that day, asking who would give his son a gun. But I never thought it would hurt that much. 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. ", Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters, Everyone Practices Cancel Culture | Opinion, Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous | Opinion. U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current. 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. Don Marxhausen believed that Dylans parents deserved to hear the message of Gods grace. He was the second child of Thomas and Susan and the brother of Byron, three years older. 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. Exhausted by the tragedy, Marxhausen took a three-month sabbatical. "God, who knows about suffering and pain and loss, wants to reach out to you," he told the grieving parents, according to news accounts. I had no idea.. Yet the Rev. . I learned how fear can take hold of a community. Wayne & Kathy Harris' son is widely seen as the . Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. As a . Please enter your email and password to sign in. 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. Born on September 11, 1981 in Lakewood, Colorado, Dylan Klebold was considered gifted as early as grammar school. Marxhausen described them as "very good people, fine people" who have been shocked by the disclosures. When asked about Dylans behavior, Byron indicated that Dylan appeared to be somewhat detached and he went on to explain that as a pissed off teenager. Byron went on to state that Dylan gave no indication to believe that something like this was going to occur. Only a handful of people came to say goodbye to Dylan Klebold. Dylan was remembered as a Cub Scout who attended church with his family. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. I smoothed Dylans hair and kissed his forehead, searching his face for clues and finding none. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. She came into my arms and sobbed and shook. Harris and Dylan Klebold "were obviously crazy and lost," she added. "She said yes with her life. 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. '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. Marxhausen and Kirsten (and their colleagues) were engaged in spiritual triage, tending to hundreds of traumatized families. Two days before the shooting, Cassie had recorded a video of herself testifying to her faith in Christ. Location : A place where it always snows. He admired Hitler, yet his great-great grandfather was a respected Jewish philanthropist in Ohio. This was considered one of the worst school shootings to occur at that time. 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. The clean-cut, grieving classmates of the fallen tried to make sense of what was senseless. During his sermon, George Kirsten proclaimed Cassie a martyr. Cross in remembrance of Dylan Klebold, who w. Friend Eric Harris went on shooting spree at Columbine High School killing 13 & ending in their. For more information, please see our 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. 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. I'm going to kill you all. Nature shared the secret serenity with someone who was actually observant enough to notice. The comments below have not been moderated. I never went swimming, but the water was an escape in itself. There was his mother Susans favorite story: One afternoon, Dylan, age 10, came running back from the creek with a pile of leeches. 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'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. Marxhausen hated the whole thing. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. On the front lines, though, Littleton's pastors did not have the luxury of interpretation. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. Instead, I went with a lour, even though this was a lake. Don Marxhausen believed that. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Good things turn bad, bad things become good. 26 March 2017. Dylan Klebold had been accepted by the University of Arizona and planned to attend this fall. Eric played Little League baseball and once rescued a neighbor's lost puppy. There was a problem getting your location. The West Bowles congregation filled the Bernall's living room the week after April 20, praying and crying and praying some more. If Dylan had any hatred, he never told me or anyone I knew.. 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. His father was very enraged that day, asking who would give his son a gun. Both were from Columbus, Ohio and went to Ohio State University. (It was shown at her funeral.) His on-again-off-again friend Eric Harris had . Where did we miss the sign?' Dylan Bennet Klebold. Klebold's body was cremated and his family held a small memorial service. His family and few friends shared memories, the happy ones about Dylan the Boy Scout, Dylan the Little Leaguer, Dylan the wrestler. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. 'Then you start to feel guilty, because as soon as you begin to feel happy, you begin to hate yourself. Family members linked to this person will appear here. His hands were folded on his chest, and stuffed animals surrounded him. 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. Since existence has known, the 'fight' between good & evil has continued. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. GREAT NEWS! Older brother, Byron, reading The Transformers animated series book while Dylan intently listens with posed, expressive fingers. I dont see anyone making a big deal about the fact that Harris was Catholic. 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.
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