Synagogue Shooting Claims Lives Of Lombard Woman's Brothers

LOMBARD, IL --- Americans are still reeling from the shooting that killed 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh Saturday. The tragedy hit close to home for one Lombard woman, Diane Rosenthal Hirt, who lost two of her brothers, David, 54, and Cecil Rosenthal, 59, in the massacre.

Rosenthal Hirt is a member of Congregation Etz Chaim in Lombard and is mourning the loss of her brothers with her husband and two daughters, according to a Facebook post from the synagogue. The post expressed the congregation's "deepest sympathies" for the "murder of [Rosenthal Hirt's] two brothers."

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Cecil and David Rosenthal went to the Tree of Life synagogue weekly, where they worked as greeters and volunteered with children who had intellectual disabilities. The brothers were described as "fixtures in the synagogue."

Services for Cecil and David Rosenthal, along with other victims of Saturday's shooting, were held at Rodef Shalom Temple in Oakland, Pennsylvania. The services for both brothers were scheduled for Tuesday morning.

Photo credit: People hold candles as they gather for a vigil in the aftermath of a deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)