Gay Marine’s husband surprised at respect shown by Naval Academy

[davidinalameda]

John Fliszar had a heart attack in 2006 and was rushed to Illinois Masonic Medical Center.

“When I was in the emergency room with him, he asked me to promise him, if he died, to make sure his ashes were interred in the Naval Academy,” said Mark Ketterson. “He loved that place. He very much wanted to be there.”

Fliszar, a Marine aviator who served two tours in Vietnam, survived that heart attack. But last July the Albany Park resident suffered another one that killed him at age 61.

Hoping to fulfill Fliszar’s wishes, Ketterson contacted the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and told them that Fliszar, Class of ’71, had wanted to have his ashes interred at the USNA’s Columbarium, a serene white marble waterside crypt next to the school’s cemetery.


http://www.suntimes.com/news/3526027-418/ketterson-academy-naval-usna-fliszar.html

[onager]

1. Thanks. Maybe this will give Fred Phelps a heart attack.

n/t

[RetiredTrotskyite]

2. I Know the Goddess Might Get on My Case, But...

let's put it this way: I won't be crying it that happens.