Krystle Campbell funeral: The funeral of one of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings drew hundreds of people.
So many people went to St. Joseph church for the funeral of Krystle Campbell, a 29-year old restaurant manager who was killed in the Boston Marathon explosions, that some had to be turned away at the door, according to the Boston Globe.
On Sunday, about 1,000 people attended Campbell’s wake.
On April 22, hundreds of people attended the funeral, including Mass. Gov Deval Patrick, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, police, and firefighters, while hundreds of others stood on the street.
Diane Landis, of Medford, told the Boston Herald that she felt sorrow for the family.
“I know the pain the family is a going to be going through, for so many years,” she said, weeping. “Her poor mother and grandmother, and sister, I don’t know how many family members she has, but I know what pain they’ll be in, for such a long time. Landis lost a 23-year-old niece 10 years ago.
The funeral was more personal for Julia Dziamba, 21, who worked with Campbell last summer in two locations of Jasper White’s Summer Shack, which Campbell was a manager for.
“You know how everyone says they hate their boss? She was more of a friend to me,” Dziamba told the Boston Globe.
“She’s got these big blue eyes that everybody talks about,” Dziamba said. “And she always had a smile on her face. Even if she was mad, she’d smile through it.”
Marishi Charles, who attended the funeral, says Campbell’s parents were too distraught to talk, so pastor Chip Hines spoke for them during the service, saying “Krystle was always there for people.”
The people gathered outside the church were blocking a possible protest by the Westboro Baptist Church, which has members infamously show up at public events to promote their viewpoints.
Campbell was one of three victims of what is now known as the Boston Marathon bombings, or a set of bombs that exploded near the finish line of the race on April 15.
One of the suspects in the bombings was fatally wounded over the weekend, while the other, Dzhokar Tsarnaev, is in critical condition in the hospital. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said on April 22 that Tsarnaev is charged with conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction against persons and property in the U.S., resulting in death.
Campbell had gone to the race with her best friend Karen, whose boyfriend was running in the race, according to her father William Campbell, 56.
“They wanted to take a photograph of him crossing the finish line, but the explosion went off and they were right there,” he said. “It’s pretty devastating.”
Campbell said that Krystle was “just a very caring, very loving person, and was daddy’s little girl.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
