Santa Fe shooting victims laid to rest today

Funerals are today for a teacher and two teen boys killed in the shooting.

May 25, 2018, 3:00 PM

A beloved art teacher and two teenage boys who were gunned down at a Texas high school this month were laid to rest today.

On May 18, a gunman stormed into two art classrooms at Santa Fe High School, killing 10 and injuring 13 others.

Here are the victims remembered at funerals today:

Cynthia Tisdale

PHOTO:Cynthia Tisdale, an art room teacher's aide at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, was confirmed dead on May 18, 2018.
Cynthia Tisdale, an art room teacher's aide at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, was confirmed dead on May 18, 2018.
Tisdale Family

Cynthia Tisdale, an art room teacher's aide and loving wife and mother, was among the two teachers and eight students gunned down in art classrooms.

As her loved ones mourn the shocking loss, her high-profile death has provided one blessing for the family.

PHOTO: Mourners leave from the Bay Area Christian Church on May 25, 2018, in League City, Texas, after the funeral for Cynthia Tisdale.
Mourners leave from the Bay Area Christian Church on May 25, 2018, in League City, Texas, after the funeral for Cynthia Tisdale.
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PHOTO: Mourners leave from the Bay Area Christian Church on May 25, 2018, in League City, Texas, after the funeral for Cynthia Tisdale, a substitute teacher who was killed during the mass shooting at Santa Fe High School.
Mourners leave from the Bay Area Christian Church on May 25, 2018, in League City, Texas, after the funeral for Cynthia Tisdale, a substitute teacher who was killed during the mass shooting at Santa Fe High School.
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Tisdale's husband, William Tisdale, has idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a fatal lung disease, according to their son, William Recie Tisdale, who goes by Recie.

On March 29, the family started a GoFundMe page to raise money for stem cell treatment. They set an initial goal of $13,000, but the money was only trickling in. Prior to the Santa Fe shooting, the campaign had raised $1,215, GoFundMe spokesperson Kate Cichy told ABC News.

PHOTO: Mourners visit a memorial in front of Santa Fe High School on May 22, 2018, in Santa Fe, Texas.
Mourners visit a memorial in front of Santa Fe High School on May 22, 2018, in Santa Fe, Texas.
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In the days since Cynthia Tisdale's death, the GoFundMe page has raised over $140,000.

"We have been blessed," Recie Tisdale told ABC News via text Tuesday. "And I would prefer any more outpouring be given to Santa Fe High School for all the victims."

Recie Tisdale said his father's "GoFundMe page was done prior to this tragedy and we are now blessed. We can get stem cell, maybe [a] lung transplant," and still have extra funds to help him with home health care.

"Our mother's main priority was to make sure our father was taken care of and now he gets to have his stem cell treatment and the true blessing is now he has a chance at long-term health care," the Tisdale family wrote on the GoFundMe page Monday night. "We feel all the support and thank you all so much."

PHOTO: Kalysta Dodson, left, and Reagyn Murphy, sophomores at Santa Fe High School, look at a memorial for the victims of the Santa Fe High School shooting in Santa Fe, Texas.
Kalysta Dodson, left, and Reagyn Murphy, sophomores at Santa Fe High School, look at a memorial for the victims of the Santa Fe High School shooting in Santa Fe, Texas.
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Christian Riley Garcia

Christian Riley Garcia, 15, saved the life of his best friend, 15-year-old Courtney Marshall, during the art room shooting, Courtney told ABC News.

Christian "grabbed me and my teacher and got us into the closet," she said. "[The gunman] just shot into the closet. I saw my teacher just die in front of me and I just saw my best friend die in front of me.”

"Christian saved my life -- he’s a hero," she said.

Christian grew up attending Crosby Church in Crosby, Texas, according to Pastor Keenan Smith.

"The sacrifice of his own life, others were allowed to escape and had some time to get away," Smith said, according to ABC station KTRK in Houston. "We know there were several lives lost but his story is a story of true heroism. He gave himself so others would have a chance."

PHOTO: Mourners embrace in front of Christian Riley Garcia's casket during a funeral service at Crosby Church on May 25, 2018, in Crosby, Texas.
Mourners embrace in front of Christian Riley Garcia's casket during a funeral service at Crosby Church on May 25, 2018, in Crosby, Texas.
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PHOTO: A photo of Christian Garcia hangs on a cross at a memorial in front of Santa Fe High School, May 22, 2018 in Santa Fe, Texas.
A photo of Christian Garcia hangs on a cross at a memorial in front of Santa Fe High School, May 22, 2018 in Santa Fe, Texas.
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Chris Stone

Chris Stone, 17, was among the students who blocked the art room door, trying to keep the gunman out, student Abel San Miguel told The Associated Press.

But the gunman shot through the door, hitting Stone in the chest, Abel told the AP.

PHOTO: Photos, a football and flowers sit in front of a cross bearing the name of Chris Stone at a memorial in front of Santa Fe High School, May 22, 2018 in Santa Fe, Texas.
Photos, a football and flowers sit in front of a cross bearing the name of Chris Stone at a memorial in front of Santa Fe High School, May 22, 2018 in Santa Fe, Texas.
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Stone, an adventurous thrill seeker, was the youngest of three siblings, and acted as the protector of his older sisters, his father said, The New York Times reported.

“Being a brother was his best job,” his father, also named Christopher Stone, said, according to the newspaper. “He was always there if someone needed someone to listen or some cheering up.”