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Schoolmates as Pallbearers

Schoolmates as Pallbearers
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Schoolmates as Pallbearers

“The funeral of Master George Russ, who died after a week’s illness with pneumonia, took place from St. Mary’s church, Wednesday morning. Six of the boy’s school classmates acted as pallbearers. They were Ralph Brennan, Walter Welty, Frank Bruch, Stan Switalski, Ed and Cornelius Schaefer.”1

  1. Schoolmates as pallbearers. (1905, March 25). Portsmouth Times, p. 2.
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