Memorial Services for Shooting Victims Continue

Staff Reports / WSLS NewsChannel 10
Published: April 22, 2007

Memorial services for victims of Monday's shooting at Virginia Tech were held across the World this weekend.

The body of an Indonesian student killed last week in the Virginia Tech massacre arrived home Sunday.

The coffin containing the body of 30-year-old Partahi Lumbantoruan arrived at the airport in Jakarta.  It was loaded into a vehicle and taken to Lumbantoruan's family home.

Lumbantoruan's relatives gathered near his coffin to mourn his death.

Lumbantoruan, who had been studying civil engineering at Virginia Tech for the past three years, will be buried on Monday.  He was one of 31 other victims in Monday's shooting.  The shooter, 23-year-old Seung-Hui Cho, killed himself after the bloody rampage.

Meanwhile, hundreds gathered in Middledton Township, New Jersey Saturday night to honor Julia Pryde, one of the 32 people killed at Virginia Tech Monday.

Family and friends shared stories and remembered Pryde, a 23-year-old graduate student.

Saturday night's memorial was held at a Middleton funeral home.

Another service was held Friday night at the local high school.

At Virginia Tech, Pryde was pursuing a career in nature conservation and natural resource management.

Those who knew her said Pryde would be remembered for her infectious laughter.

Another memorial was also held Saturday night for Daniel O'Neil, one of the students killed Monday at Virginia Tech.

The service was held at the YMCA pavilion in Lincoln, Rhode Island.

Friends referred to the memorial as a remembrance and celebration of O'Neil's life.  Flowers and candles were brought by many.

O'Neil was a 22-year-old graduate student in environmental engineering.