maggie webb

Maggie Webb was remembered this morning as a warm, loving person whose infectious smile warmed all who met the 24-year-old former Moliner.

Webb was among eight people who were shot to death last week in an Omaha, Neb., Von Maur store that she managed for just a few weeks.

Several hundred friends, family and former co-workers attended funeral Mass at Christ the King Catholic Church in Moline where the Rev. Donald Levitt shared the task of coping with the tragedy.

“There are really no good words to endure the difficulty of this day,” he said.

And he said those trying times likely will get more difficult as time goes on and people return to their normal routines. But he offered some hope for the mourning.

“So, we have to continually strive to come into His presence.”

In addition, he said: “Think of all those wondrous things Maggie did in her short 24 years.”

Webb was a 2001 graduate of Moline High School and graduated in 2005 from Illinois State University, Normal. She worked at various Von Maur stores across the Midwest and only recently was transferred to the Omaha store as manager.

She was involved in many activities at Moline, including the Contemporaries, a dance team that performed at basketball games. She also was a member of the Spanish Club, the Spanish Honors Society, the Key Club, Student Congress and also was on the school CrimeStoppers board.

Her parents, Dave and Vicki Webb of Port Byron, Ill., released this statement earlier this week:

“As we grieve for Maggie, a precious daughter, sister, niece, and friend, the Webb family appreciates the support of the community and is keeping the other victims’ families in our prayers. The Webb family would like Maggie to be remembered as the strong, loving, outgoing person she was. Her infectious smile could dry the deepest tears. Maggie’s brilliant blue eyes were the window to her innocent soul. We will never forget her loving ways. She will forever live in the hearts of all who knew her.”