Catholic high school graduation mixed with grief over slain classmate

Published: 2005-06-08

WILMINGTON, Del. (CNS) -- Mark Weaver was missing from St. Mark's High School graduation ceremonies June 5, but at the same time he was everywhere. He was present in the minds of his classmates. He was there in the words of speaker after speaker and in the tears that flowed from his classmates as they passed by a table that displayed pictures of him and his 21-year-old brother, Matthew, a 2003 St. Mark's graduate who just finished his junior year at the University of Maryland. Mark, an 18-year-old scholar-athlete who ranked 11th in his class and was to attend the U.S. Naval Academy in the fall, and his brother were found fatally shot in their home near Philadelphia June 2, along with their mother and father. Pennsylvania State Police believe Davis Weaver, 61, shot his sons and his wife, Nancy, 51, before killing himself. Their bodies were found in their home in Landenberg, Pa., the day after all four family members had attended St. Mark's baccalaureate services. Police were continuing to investigate the shootings.

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