ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis teacher killed Monday in a school shooting will be buried next week, according to a local funeral home.
The funeral for Jean Kuczka, 61, is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday at  in Affton, followed by a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. at Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis.
Kuczka and student Alexzandria Bell, 15, were killed earlier this week after Orlando Harris, 19, broke into Central Visual and Performing Arts High School and opened fire, killing them both and injuring several others with an AR-15-style weapon. Police fatally shot Harris.
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The educator who taught health, personal finance and physical education in St. Louis and St. Louis County schools is survived by her husband, two sons and three daughters. One of her sons is a Eureka police officer. She also had six grandchildren.
Jean Kuczka, 61, who taught at St. Louis' Central Visual & Performing Arts High School since 2008, was killed Monday morning at the shooting.
