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High school students held a funeral for a homeless veteran because he had no living friends or relatives left.

Students at Catholic Memorial High School honored John T. Fitzmaurice on Wednesday in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, after he recently passed away on the streets of Boston.

Fitzmaurice was buried Wednesday with full military honors, according to CBS Boston.

The President of Catholic Memorial, Dr. Peter Folan, praised his students for their empathy and benevolence.

'Paying homage to a veteran, to provide the burial rights he deserves, and to honor his legacy, and to help our boys realize that we have to stand with those who are marginalized, those that are poor or those of our community that are cast out.'

He said he hopes when his students graduate they will continue to show gratitude and respect and help those in need.

The students didn't know the veteran personally, they only knew him as John.

The school partnered with Lazarus Ministry and Lawlar and Crosby Funeral Home to plan the funeral for the veteran.

Catholic Memorial revealed this is just one way their students can prove their character, by being selfless and helping those in need.

Despite not knowing John, the students said they were grateful to be able to honor his legacy and celebrate his life.

After the service some of the the senior students took Fitzmaurice’s flag-draped casket to the waiting Army hearse.

The school tweeted a photo of some of the students carrying the casket as the captioned the photo: 'John T. Fitzmaurice was a hero, a veteran, and he is part of our family now. Farewell, John. You are a CM Knight forever.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5097635/High-school-honors-homeless-veteran-funeral.html
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