Today Hundreds Attended The Funeral
of a Vietnam Veteran
Who Had No Known Family.
A Vietnam War veteran who passed away last week
with
no known living relatives was laid to rest Tuesday at a
Nebraska
cemetery -- with as many as 2,000 supporters
attending -- after his
funeral notice went viral.
Stanley Stoltz, of
Bennington, Neb., died Nov. 18
at the age of 73. The Omaha World-Herald
newspaper
ran a 23-word notice inviting the public to his funeral.
"This is the kind of reception our Vietnam veterans deserved,"
said
Amy Douglas, another mourner. "And the fact that he gets this kind of
reception going home is fitting. It's fitting."
Stoltz was born
May 29, 1945, and raised in Curlew, Iowa. Former Bennington Mayor Bill
Bohn, who was Stoltz’s friend and neighbor,
told The Associated Press
that Stoltz settled in the town of
approximately 1,500 after his Vietnam
service.
Thank You Stanley & Rest in Peace!
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