ROCHESTER, N.Y. — For most high school students, summer vacation is a time to relax. Young men attending McQuaid Jesuit High School are spending some of their days serving others by acting as pallbearers at funerals as part of the school’s commitment to service.
Deane Mackie was 58 years old. Mackie, of Rochester, died in March. Last week, his casket was carried to his final resting place at Rochester’s Riverside Cemetery by total strangers.
“I just think everyone deserves someone attending,” said Jed Bogdan, a McQuaid student. “Someone being there for them.”…