one of our favorite success stories is zach skiles.s, a pathway home graduate. and he's going to have some of the other graduates in the audience stand up, because they are here too, but they wouldn't be here without all of you. so please stay with us. please don't give up. and please honor christine and jen and jennifer. thank you. >> i'm going to slow this down a little bit, because i'm doing my best not to cry right now. this is a -- my name's zach skiles, i'm a marine corps veteran who invaded iraq 15 years ago today. a graduate of the pathway home originally designed by fred gusman, and now a doctoral student at martinez va. today i am representing hundreds of veterans who have been touched by pathway home and the work that jen, christine, jennifer all dedicated their lives to. i'm here to give thanks and grieve the loss of these three brave women who gave everything in the service of veterans. now i've seen a few of you lehe today, picked you out of the crowd. but i apologize for this, it means a lot, if you are a pathway home gr

. >> zach skiles is a graduate at the program.e spoke on hundreds of veterans that were touched by the pathway holm. >> every day, these women gave so much more than lip service. >> at the end of the memorial service, family were given an american flag. >> there's no playbook for what we are going through right now. i think we are going to close ranks a bit and hunker down and find a way to grieve. >> reporter: that is going to be very hard for this community. all the families are asking for privacy. reporting live in yountville. >> thank you, cheryl the family of jennifer golick chose to remember her in their own way. after golick was the clinical director of the pathway home, she is being remembered as a talented person that cared deeply about veterans suffering from post traumatic stress. >>> new at 11:00, a potentially explosive situation if i hadiff grenades were found in an estate sale and residents were evacuated. we have the latest. the residents were relieved to be back home tonight? >> reporter: they are indeed, the all

. >> zach skiles asked other successful graduates of the pathway home program to stand in this overflow crowd. mike thompson speaking to families in the front rows, calling the three women incredible, getting up every morning to improve the lives of others. >> they were devoted to our veterans. service was there calling. and nothing would get in their way of working to help others. >> reporter: what ended their work and their lives was a former patient turned killer who slipped into this building 10 days ago and shot each woman to death. the youngest inspecting her first child -- expecting her first child in june. >> they all belonged to families , friends. but they also belong to all of us. >> reporter: sharing personal memories, how gonzales lived by elaborate to do lists. >> she had about 2 million of these lists. jiffy did that every day of her professional career. when she looked you in the eyes and said, i got this, you knew you didn't have to worry. >> reporter: the women were honored as heroines. american flags were presented to their loved ones. although they didn't where a mil