A GREAT SENDOFF FOR AN OLD VET

Aktungbby · 11-28-18, 01:13 PM

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The Omaha funeral of a Vietnam veteran initially believed to have no known living family members could have been a sparsely-attended affair.
But the national attention brought by an Omaha World-Herald funeral notice saw hundreds of people turn up in frigid conditions Tuesday at Omaha National Cemetery to honor Stanley Stoltz. Stoltz died Nov. 18 at the age of 73. The newspaper ran a small notice

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"Public invited to cemetery to honor Vietnam veteran with no known family," it read. "Interment at Omaha National Cemetery on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 2 pm."

inviting the public to his funeral, which went viral on social media and was picked up by at least one cable news network. cemetery officials estimated that between 1,500 and 2,000 people turned out for Stoltz's burial.WOWT-TV reported that the burial service started late so that stragglers would not miss anything.

IMHO; OMAHA, NEBRASKA AIN'T 'THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA FOR NUTHIN'!