Father Flanagan's Boys Town Burial to be Held Friday

Boys Town, Neb., May 18 -- (AP) -- The Right Rev. Monsignor Edward J. Flanagan will be buried Friday within the grounds of the "little town for men" which he founded.

In fulfillment of the famous priest's request, the Rev. Edmond C. Walsh, acting director of Boys Town said Father Flanagan would be buried in the northeast corner of the Dowd Memorial Chapel.

"He wanted to be near his boys and where they could visit him at any time," the Rev. Walsh said.

Funeral services for Father Flanagan, who died in Berlin Saturday, will be held Friday at 7:30 A. M., and at 10 A. M. in Dowd Chapel, the Rev. Walsh said.

The first mass, he said, will be for residents of Boys Town, members of the Boys Town Staff and their families. The 10 A. M. mass will be open to the public.

[Editorial Comment: In 1947, General Douglas MacArthur invited Father Flanagan to the Far East to serve as consultant for youth programs The devoted Father died on May 15, 1948, while on a similar mission to Germany.]