HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — Memorial services and funerals have begun for the victims of this week's mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois.
Seven people were killed and dozens injured after a gunman opened fire from a rooftop on the crowd attending the celebration in the Chicago suburb.
The congregation gathered at the synagogue Friday afternoon to celebrate the life of Sundheim, who is survived by her husband and daughter."We should not have to be here today," she told the congregation during the service, which was livestreamed."There is nothing, not one single thing, that makes us being brought together to mourn for Jacki acceptable. We are horrified. We are enraged, sickened, aggrieved, inconsolable for the terror that has befallen us and robbed us of Jacki.
A funeral service was held Friday for Stephen Straus, 88, who was the oldest victim to die in the shooting rampage, according to the Lake County Coroner's Office. The Chicago native had lived in Highland Park for decades and is survived by his wife, two sons and four grandchildren. Weiss recited words his brother told her:"If there were more people like Steve in this world, the world would be a much better place.""He was dedicated, honest -- goes without saying. Honest beyond words," Larry Straus said.
Straus' younger son, Peter Straus, remembered his father as a voracious reader, particularly of poetry, biographies, science, nature and history.A service is also scheduled for Nicolas Toledo, 78, Friday evening at Iglesia Emanuel in Waukegan. The native of Morelos, Mexico, was remembered by family for his humor."He'd always joke around and be playful with his grandkids," his grandson, David Toledo, told ABC News in a statement.
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