{"id":106,"date":"2026-05-18T05:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T05:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=106"},"modified":"2026-05-18T05:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T05:35:06","slug":"volunteers-answer-the-call-after-98-year-old-world-war-ii-vet-dies-with-no-known-family-to-attend-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=106","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers Answer The Call After 98-Year-Old World War II Vet Dies With No Known Family To Attend Funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p>Strangers across Massachusetts are stepping in to bury a World War II Navy veteran who outlived everyone close to him.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=104\">Eli Manning Reveals Why He Shunned Chargers In 2004 NFL Draft<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Bernard Arnold III of East Bridgewater died May 6 at age 98, and the town announced he had no relatives left to attend his services, according to CBS Boston. Terrence O\u2019Keeffe, the veterans\u2018 service officer for Hanson and Hanover, posted on Facebook on Thursday asking for attendees, pallbearers and procession participants. <strong>(RELATED: Marine Vet Praised By Woman He Saved From Crazed Cambridge Gunman)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am enlisting your help to send this Veteran off the way he should,\u201d O\u2019Keeffe wrote in the post, as quoted by CBS Boston. After the message circulated hundreds of times online, he added that the reaction had been \u201cmore than amazing\u201d and that the day was \u201cshaping up to be a fitting send off.\u201d<\/p>\n<div> <\/div>\n<p>Anyone wishing to serve as a pallbearer was directed to contact O\u2019Keeffe through his Hanover town email address, Boston 25 News reported Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=102\">Taiwanese Rep Asserts Island Nation\u2019s Stance On Independence From Communist China, Denies \u2018Creating All This Trouble\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>Volunteer slots filled so quickly that organizers closed the sign-up and shifted focus to crowd safety, according to the Hanover\/Hanson Veteran Services Facebook page. Hanson police plan to shut down a stretch of Route 14 starting at 9:30 a.m. Monday and have set up overflow parking at Botieri Field and the former Maquan School to handle the expected turnout.<\/p>\n<p>Arnold graduated from Rogers High School in Newport, Rhode Island, and attended Rhode Island State University for two years, according to his obituary from Leighton-MacKinnon Funeral Home. Both of his sisters, Mary M.D. Joines and Kathleen Principato, predeceased him.<\/p>\n<p>The funeral Mass begins at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph the Worker Church in Hanson, with burial to follow at Cedar Knoll Cemetery in Taunton.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=100\">Jay Jones Throws Abigail Spanberger Under Bus After She Dragged Him Limping Across Finish Line<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Massachusetts WWII Navy veteran died at 98 with no family left. 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