Thousands fill Convo Center to grieve and remember

Grieving is a process that should not be rushed. “You have to take it one day at a time, one step at a time,” DeKalb resident Gail Sitzes said Sunday in the lobby of Northern Illinois University’s Convocation Center following a memorial service held for those killed during the Feb. 14 shootings on campus. Sitzes clutched two red roses enveloped by sprigs of baby’s breath and was about to visit the NIU campus to set them on memorial crosses for Ryanne Mace, 19, and Catalina Garcia, 20,two of the students who died in the attack. Sitzes attended the Sunday evening memorial service to pay tribute to the two women, whom she knew. “It’s very moving to see the support here,” she said. “We should all be grateful that there are people and organizat