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Joseph Kromelis, the well-known "Walking Man" of downtown Chicago, will have his cremated remains interred in a Chicago cemetery in a private ceremony with family later this month.
Joseph Kromelis was homeless without family in the area and was expected to be buried in the county’s yearly mass burial. But after a series of donations, he will be laid to rest at St. Boniface Cemetery.
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A family-only prayer service for "The Walking Man" will be held Jan. 23, said Mark Schmeltzer, director of communication at Mercy Home.