Pallbearers carry the casket of Jody Billingsley following funeral services Wednesday at the United Methodist Church in Franklin. Billingsley was one of three women killed when a gunman opened fire in a suburban Pittsburgh fitness club.

FRANKLIN — The last funeral for a victim of a shooting rampage at a Pittsburgh-area health club began at the same moment the state Senate sought to close the eight-day saga by observing a moment of silence for the three women killed in the shootings.

State Sen. Mary Jo White addressed about 400 mourners in Franklin who gathered Wednesday for the funeral of Jody Billingsley, 37. Funerals for the other two victims, Heidi Overmier, 46, of Carnegie, and Elizabeth Gannon, 49, of Green Tree, were on Saturday.

All three women were killed and nine others wounded Aug. 4 at the L.A. Fitness club in Collier Township by gunman George Sodini, 48, of Scott Township, who then killed himself. White presented Billingsley's parents, Leon and Judith Billingsley, with a copy of the Senate resolution calling for a moment of silence honoring the victims at 11 a.m. Wednesday, the time the funeral began.

A parade of cousins, friends, co-workers, former teachers and even her senior prom date paid honors to Billingsley. Billingsley, who lived in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mount Lebanon, had a doctorate in physical therapy and worked in sales for a medical equipment company. Her funeral was in Franklin, near tiny Utica where she grew up swimming and picking blueberries behind her house.

Betsy Brickell McKinley was Billingsley's physical education teacher for several years as she attended Franklin schools, where she starred in basketball and other sports. McKinley, now chair of the physical education department at Slippery Rock University, said Billingsley had the kind of attitude that could teach anyone by example.

"I as her teacher learned so many things from Jody. Somehow, she turned the tables on me and I became the student," McKinley said.

Stopping to wipe away tears, she then pointed to Billingsley's parents for emphasis as she offered this tribute to them and their daughter: "She was raised up right."

The Rev. Richard Harry, pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Franklin, didn't mention the shootings directly — nor did any of those who spoke at the funeral. But he opened the service with remarks acknowledging it.

"It's right to be angry. There are things to be angry over," he said, standing near the bronze-colored casket, which was covered by a large floral spray. "But then put it behind you. Don't sleep on it. Don't dwell on it. Don't let the devil get that kind of foothold on you."

Instead, Billingsley's family and friends remembered her energy; her passion for Pittsburgh's sports teams, especially the Steelers, whom she traveled to Tampa to see win the Super Bowl in February; and her passion for Pittsburgh bred singer-songwriter Bill Deasy.

Her friends said she rarely missed a Deasy show in Pittsburgh. Deasy closed the 90-minute service with a moving acoustic performance of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."