Community holds funeral for 90-year-old Northeast Ohio veteran without living relatives
John Krebel was about to be buried without Mass or military honors. A local funeral home director and members of the community made sure that didn t happen. Author: Dave Dino DeNatale, Dominic Ferrante Published: 11:01 PM EDT May 3, 2021 Updated: 11:21 PM EDT May 3, 2021
EUCLID, Ohio John Krebel was a 90-year-old veteran with no surviving relatives.
He passed away last week and was going to be buried without mass or military honors.
That s when the DeJohn Funeral Home stepped in.
John Krebel had prearranged funerals for him and his sisters through DeJohn. He and his sisters lived together and had never married or had kids. So when his sisters died, he had no living family members left.
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