ROSEBURG, Ore. (KOIN) — The final goodbyes continue for the families of the 9 people slain October 1 in a rampage at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg.
Three funerals are set for Saturday: Quinn Cooper, Rebecka Carnes and Lucas Eibel, all 18, will be laid to rest.
Quinn Glen Cooper, 18, of Roseburg
Quinn Glen Cooper of Roseburg, age 18. In a statement issued Friday, his family wrote that “Quinn was funny, sweet, compassionate and such a wonderful loving person.”
“He always stood up for people,” the statement reads. He was going to take his brown belt test next week, and loved dancing and voice acting and playing Ingress with his older brother, Cody.
“Our lives are shattered beyond repair,” his family wrote. We send our condolences to all the families who have been so tragically affected by this deranged gunman. No one should ever have to feel the pain we are feeling. Please remember the victims and their families. Please remember Quinn.”
Rebecka Ann Carnes, 18, of Myrtle Creek
Rebecka Ann Carnes of Myrtle Creek, age 18. U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, said that Carnes is the great-granddaughter of his first cousin. In a written statement, Merkley wrote: “Rebecka’s beautiful spirit will be enormously missed.”
A GoFundMe site has been set up for Carnes by her cousin, Lisa Crawford. As of Friday afternoon, the site had raised more than $1,200 to help Carnes’ parents “with Becka’s final expenses.”
“I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to have watched Becka grow up,” Crawford wrote on the site. “She had just started a new job and college classes. This isn’t how life is supposed to work and I am struggling to wrap my mind around the entire situation.”
Crawford asked said that the people in Carnes’ life “loved her fiercely and are devastated.”
“Don’t let life ever become so busy that you don’t have a moment to stop and be kind to someone,” Crawford wrote. “Let love and gentleness shine in the wake of this violence.”
At Rebecka Carnes’ funeral in Myrtle Creek, hundreds of people attended, including representatives from the Myrtle Creek police and fire departments, Douglas County Fire Department, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the Oregon State Police.
Her friend from her church youth group were also there with signs of love and support.
Lucas Eibel, 18, of Roseburg
Lucas Eibel of Roseburg, 18. A statement by his family says that Eibel, who was studying chemistry, loved Future Farmers of America and volunteering at Wildlife Safari and Saving Grace animal shelter.
“He was an amazing soccer player,” a family statement reads. His family also noted his academic achievements, including graduating Roseburg High School with high academic marks, receiving a Ford Family Foundation scholarship, and receiving an Umpqua Community College scholars award.
Lucas Eibel was a Wildlife Safarijunior zookeeper “who really stood out” to the officials at the program in Winston, Oregon.
He was “very, very mature for his age,” education director Leila Goulet told KOIN 6 News. “He was an amazing kid.”
At Lucas Eibel’s funeral, hundreds of bikers lined the street and parking lot in Roseburg at Church on the Rise. One of the bikers, Dick Price, told KOIN 6 News he was there in support.
“We’re just here to protect and support the family,” Price said.