Paul R. Schell | published: March 25, 2018
Pallbearers and funeral directors prepare to place the casket containing the body of Bishop Walsh, shepherd of nearly 300,000 Roman Catholics in the six-county Diocese of Youngstown, into the hearse for the trip from cathedral to Calvary Cemetery, which final rites were offered by Bishop Malone. Carrying the bronze coffin are (left to right) James P. Griffin, steelworkers union leader; John E. Fox, president of the Fox Funeral Home; William Towell of Canton and Atty. Robert M. Murphy of Youngstown, pallbearers, and Joseph Vaschak, owner of the Vaschak Funeral Home. Photo taken March 23, 1968. Photo by Paul R. Schell.
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