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Funeral for Cardinal George set for Thursday
CHICAGO – Funeral services for Cardinal Francis George will be held Thursday at Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral. George, who retired as Chicago archbishop in the fall of 2014, died Friday after a long battle with cancer. The Chicago archdiocese announced the funeral arrangements will include a public visitation that begins Tuesday. Interspersed with visitation will be an invitation-only prayer vigil for priests and seminarians Tuesday, an interfaith service Wednesday morning and an invitation-only prayer vigil for women and men religious, deacons and their wives. The funeral service at noon Thursday will require a ticket AP photo to attend. George will be buried Geraldine Schultz’s family members light candles at the conclusion of her funeral Saturday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Rockford. in his family’s plot at All Saints Cemetery & Mausoleum in the vault where Lincoln’s body was Public Schools, I believe that man remains and reselling plots ing a 12-year sentence. A fourth Chicago suburb of Des Plaines. placed and where his funeral my continuing as CEO at this at a suburban Chicago cemetery. defendant awaits trial. was held. time would be a distraction,” Cook County Circuit Judge Cemetery trees Byrd-Bennett wrote in a letter to Joan O’Brien sentenced 51-yearBiden to discuss trimmed before Chicago schools board members Friday. “Alold Keith Nicks to six years in assault prevention funeral reenactment chief to take though this is a very difficult prison and 44-year-old Terrance at U of Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Preparations temporary leave decision for me personally, it is Nicks to three years Friday. They CHAMPAIGN – The White for next month’s reenactment CHICAGO – Chicago Public one I believe is in the best inter- were convicted in February of House says Vice President Joe of Abraham Lincoln’s funeral ests of the children of CPS that I desecration, removal of buried Biden will deliver a speech at the include tree trimming at Spring- Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett will take a paid leave of abam so fortunate to serve.” remains and removal of headUniversity of Illinois this week field’s Oak Ridge Cemetery. sence amid a federal investigation Byrd-Bennett, who has not stone charges. on the prevention of sexual Around two dozen volunteer Prosecutors said the deseassault. arborists trimmed live trees and over a roughly $20 million no-bid been accused of wrongdoing, contract the district awarded to a directed requests for comment cration at historic Burr Oak Cem- The White House said in a removed dead ones from the training academy where she once to her attorney, Michael Scudetery in Alsip occurred between news release Friday that Biden historic cemetery where the worked as a consultant, officials der. He declined to talk about 2003 and 2009. The graveyard will speak Thursday about slain president was buried. announced Friday. the pending investigation. A contains the burial sites of preventing sexual assaults on Thursday’s trimming work The schools chief of the longtime educator, Byrd-Bennett lynching victim Emmett Till, college campuses. included at least half a dozen nation’s third-largest district – has ties to school systems in blues singers Willie Dixon and The talk is expected to highso-called “witness trees” old light the “It’s on Us” campaign enough that they were standing chosen by Chicago Mayor Rahm New York, Detroit and Cleveland. Dinah Washington and former heavyweight boxing champion to prevent sexual assaults on during the burial 150 years ago. Emanuel in 2012 – requested the leave effective Monday, which 2 convicted of Ezzard Charles. campus. President Obama began The Springfield State Jourthe Chicago Board of Education desecrating Illinois Keith Nicks, the cemetery’s the initiative in 2014 as sexual nal-Register reports that cemetery sentenced grounds foreman, blamed the assaults on college campuses arborists were concentrating on agreed to. “In light of the attention CHICAGO – A judge has sendesecration on disgruntled became a frequent topic of trees in the valley leading from tenced two brothers to prison for underlings. Former cemetery news coverage. the original cemetery entrance given to my position as chief executive officer of the Chicago digging up graves, dumping hudirector Carolyn Towns is serv– Wire reports on First Street to the receiving
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