'No silver lining': Family, elected officials attend funeral services for Highland Park parade shooting victims

Funerals continued Saturday for victims of the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade near Chicago, with family, friends and elected officials attending services.

Attendees paid respects to Eduardo Uvaldo at a visitation at The Memorial Chapel of Waukegan on Saturday. In an obituary, Uvaldo was remembered for his love of his large family — he was survived by his wife, Maria, four daughters, four siblings, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Uvaldo, who would have turned 70 on Friday, was a native of Mexico who first moved to the United States when he was 15. He was one of seven people who were fatally shot at the parade.

Among those who paid their respects Saturday were Gov. J. B. Pritzker, Lieutenant Gov. Juliana Stratton, Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering and Highland Park's police chief, Lou Jogmen.

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Uvaldo died Wednesday from a gunshot wound to the head after he was taken off a ventilator Tuesday, according to a verified GoFundMe page set up by his family. Uvaldo's wife and 13-year-old grandson were also injured in the shooting and are still recovering, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

Uvaldo and his family attended the Highland Park July Fourth parade every year "filled with happiness and laughter," his granddaughter, Nivia Guzman, wrote on the page. "My grandpa is a kind, loving, and funny man who did not deserve this," the page says.

On Friday, dozens of people gathered at North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe, Illinois to remember another victim, Jacquelyn "Jacki" Lovi Sundheim, 63, who had taught preschool and helped organize events at the synagogue.

“We are horrified. We are enraged,” Rabbi Wendi Geffen told the community gathered in the bright, spacious temple as light streamed through the windows.

Geffen added: “Jacki died because she was murdered. And in that, there is no comfort for us to take away as we mourn Jacki’s death — no silver lining, no light in the darkness.”

As Geffen shared memories of Sundheim’s life, many shed tears. At times, the crowd chuckled when speakers recalled how Sundheim, ever meticulous, used to manage staff at events, work the High Holidays and fiercely defend her loved ones. They described a teacher, traveler, baker, knitter and lifelong congregant who was the glue of her community and the historian of her large family.

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She was a protective older sister, a devoted wife and her daughter’s best friend, Geffen said. The longtime Highland Park resident leaves a legacy of “kindness and devotion,” Geffen said.

The funeral services come after a gunman fired more than 70 rounds from a rooftop with a legally purchased assault rifle during the annual Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois

The gunman, 21, also wounded dozens more people. Among those who died in the attack: the parents of a 2-year-old boy.

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Elsewhere on Friday, family members put their arms around each other and wiped tears away at an afternoon service for Chicago financial adviser Stephen Straus, 88, at Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston.

Attendees fanned themselves with programs and followed along as two speakers sang Psalm 23 from the Bible.

Stephen’s son Jonathan described his father as a “consummate joke-teller” who always kept family members on their toes.

Jonathan said that when he learned from a doctor’s phone call that his father had been killed, “it was the worst moment of my life, without a doubt.”

“I hope that somehow the country can pull itself together and end this type of violence,” Jonathan Straus said.

Pritzker was also in attendance at both the service for Straus and the earlier service for Sundheim.

Stephen Straus was buried at Oak Woods Cemetery on Chicago's South Side, where he was born, according to an online obituary.

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Prosecutors on Tuesday charged the suspected gunman with seven counts of first-degree murder. Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart said that, if convicted, the gunman faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

"We anticipate dozens of more charges," Rinehart said.

Contributing: The Associated Press; N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY.

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