Mourners fill church for hero Iowa principal’s memorial
The longtime Iowa principal who risked his life to save students during a shooting earlier this month was remembered Saturday not just for his heroic actions that day but for the unconditional love and compassion he showed his family and students during his years at Perry High School.
Mourners filled the Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines just over 30 miles (48 kilometers) away from where Dan Marburger had worked since 1995 and been principal since 1997. He died on Jan. 14 in the hospital ten days after the shooting.
Marburger, 56, was critically injured during the Jan. 4 attack, which began in the joint middle and high school’s cafeteria as students were gathering for breakfast before class. An 11-year-old sixth grader was killed in the shooting, and six other people were injured. The 17-year-old student who opened fire also died of a self-inflicted gunshot.
READ: ‘Hero’ principal in Iowa school shooting has died – family
Investigators said after the shooting that Marburger “acted selflessly and placed himself in harm’s way in an apparent effort to protect his students.” Perry Superintendent Clark Wicks said Marburger was a “hero” who intervened with the teenage gunman so students could escape.
But his family said at the funeral that they will remember the way Marburger loved them most of all.
Marburger’s daughter, Claire Marburger, said Dan’s five kids “never had to question if dad cares or was thinking of us.” She said he would always show his love through his presence at every one of their events and his compassion.
And even when he couldn’t be there every day after his kids went to college, Marburger would often Venmo them a few dollars so they could eat outside the cafeteria or top off their tank
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