101 indigent, unknown people buried with dozens of strangers there to mourn them; ‘We’re going to walk that last walk with them’

CHICAGO -- When 101 people were laid to rest at Chicago's Mount Olivet Cemetery last Wednesday afternoon, no family or friends were there to mourn them. Yet they were certainly not alone. As cold sunshine flooded the cemetery, around 20 Catholic high school students stood sentinel in their uniforms by the wooden caskets, holding yellow roses and bowing their heads. Dozens of others had arrived ...