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Notre Dame family says goodbye to Michael Schwass
Date: 9/19/2010 Album ID: 1079500
Photos by Allen Kaleta
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Niles-Saturday- September 18-2010 Mourners packed the chapel at Notre Dame High School in Niles for the funeral mass of Michael Schwass a well-known Notre Dame graduate who spent the last 35 years of his life paralyzed after a hockey accident in 1975. His approach toward life and his rehabilitation along with his work inspiring other spinal cord injury patients made him a legend throughout the country. The MVP award for the Illinois High School hockey championships is named after him. (Allen Kaleta/for STM)
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Niles-Saturday- September 18-2010 Members of the congregation hug during the exchange of peace greetings during mass. Mourners packed the chapel at Notre Dame High School in Niles for the funeral mass of Michael Schwass a well-known Notre Dame graduate who spent the last 35 years of his life paralyzed after a hockey accident in 1975. His approach toward life and his rehabilitation along with his work inspiring other spinal cord injury patients made him a legend. (Allen Kaleta/for STM)
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Niles-Saturday- September 18-2010 Members of the congregation hug during the exchange of peace greetings during mass. Mourners packed the chapel at Notre Dame High School in Niles for the funeral mass of Michael Schwass a well-known Notre Dame graduate who spent the last 35 years of his life paralyzed after a hockey accident in 1975. His approach toward life and his rehabilitation along with his work inspiring other spinal cord injury patients made him a legend. (Allen Kaleta/for STM)
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Niles-Saturday- September 18-2010 Members of the congregation hug during the exchange of peace greetings during mass. Mourners packed the chapel at Notre Dame High School in Niles for the funeral mass of Michael Schwass a well-known Notre Dame graduate who spent the last 35 years of his life paralyzed after a hockey accident in 1975. His approach toward life and his rehabilitation along with his work inspiring other spinal cord injury patients made him a legend. (Allen Kaleta/for STM)
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Niles-Saturday- September 18-2010 Members of the congregation hug during the exchange of peace greetings during mass. Mourners packed the chapel at Notre Dame High School in Niles for the funeral mass of Michael Schwass a well-known Notre Dame graduate who spent the last 35 years of his life paralyzed after a hockey accident in 1975. His approach toward life and his rehabilitation along with his work inspiring other spinal cord injury patients made him a legend. (Allen Kaleta/for STM)
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Niles-Saturday- September 18-2010 Family members and friends guide the coffin of Michael Schwass out of the chapel. Mourners packed the chapel at Notre Dame High School in Niles for the funeral mass of Michael Schwass a well-known Notre Dame graduate who spent the last 35 years of his life paralyzed after a hockey accident in 1975. His approach toward life and his rehabilitation along with his work inspiring other spinal cord injury patients made him a legend. (Allen Kaleta/for STM)
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Niles-Saturday- September 18-2010 Family members and friends carry the coffin of Michael Schwass to the hearse. Mourners packed the chapel at Notre Dame High School in Niles for the funeral mass of Michael Schwass a well-known Notre Dame graduate who spent the last 35 years of his life paralyzed after a hockey accident in 1975. His approach toward life and his rehabilitation along with his work inspiring other spinal cord injury patients made him a legend. (Allen Kaleta/for STM)
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Niles-Saturday- September 18-2010 Family members and friends carry the coffin of Michael Schwass to the hearse. Mourners packed the chapel at Notre Dame High School in Niles for the funeral mass of Michael Schwass a well-known Notre Dame graduate who spent the last 35 years of his life paralyzed after a hockey accident in 1975. His approach toward life and his rehabilitation along with his work inspiring other spinal cord injury patients made him a legend. (Allen Kaleta/for STM)
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Niles-Saturday- September 18-2010 Family members and friends carry the coffin of Michael Schwass to the hearse. Mourners packed the chapel at Notre Dame High School in Niles for the funeral mass of Michael Schwass a well-known Notre Dame graduate who spent the last 35 years of his life paralyzed after a hockey accident in 1975. His approach toward life and his rehabilitation along with his work inspiring other spinal cord injury patients made him a legend. (Allen Kaleta/for STM)
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Niles-Saturday- September 18-2010 Michael's brother, Jim, wears a pin bearing Michael's hockey jersey number 21. Mourners packed the chapel at Notre Dame High School in Niles for the funeral mass of Michael Schwass a well-known Notre Dame graduate who spent the last 35 years of his life paralyzed after a hockey accident in 1975. His approach toward life and his rehabilitation along with his work inspiring other spinal cord injury patients made him a legend. (Allen Kaleta/for STM)
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Niles-Saturday- September 18-2010 Mourners packed the chapel at Notre Dame High School in Niles for the funeral mass of Michael Schwass a well-known Notre Dame graduate who spent the last 35 years of his life paralyzed after a hockey accident in 1975. His approach toward life and his rehabilitation along with his work inspiring other spinal cord injury patients made him a legend. (Allen Kaleta/for STM)
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Niles-Saturday- September 18-2010 Jim Schwass eulogizes his brother telling the congregation about his brother's determination and positive outlook on life despite his injury. Mourners packed the chapel at Notre Dame High School in Niles for the funeral mass of Michael Schwass a well-known Notre Dame graduate who spent the last 35 years of his life paralyzed after a hockey accident in 1975. His approach toward life and his rehabilitation along with his work inspiring other spinal cord injury patients made him a legend. (Allen Kaleta/for STM)
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Niles-Saturday- September 18-2010 Jim Schwass eulogizes his brother telling the congregation about his brother's determination and positive outlook on life despite his injury. Mourners packed the chapel at Notre Dame High School in Niles for the funeral mass of Michael Schwass a well-known Notre Dame graduate who spent the last 35 years of his life paralyzed after a hockey accident in 1975. His approach toward life and his rehabilitation along with his work inspiring other spinal cord injury patients made him a legend. (Allen Kaleta/for STM)
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Niles-Saturday- September 18-2010 Pall bearers Anthony Galante (left) and Alex Bruce console each other after placing the coffin of their uncle Michael Schwass in the hearse for its trip to cemetery Mourners packed the chapel at Notre Dame High School in Niles for the funeral mass of Michael Schwass a well-known Notre Dame graduate who spent the last 35 years of his life paralyzed after a hockey accident in 1975. His approach toward life and his rehabilitation along with his work inspiring other spinal cord injury patients made him a legend. (Allen Kaleta/for STM)
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Niles-Saturday- September 18-2010 Pall bearers Anthony Galante (left) and Alex Bruce console each other after placing the coffin of their uncle Michael Schwass in the hearse for its trip to All Saints cemetery. Mourners packed the chapel at Notre Dame High School in Niles for the funeral mass of Michael Schwass a well-known Notre Dame graduate who spent the last 35 years of his life paralyzed after a hockey accident in 1975. His approach toward life and his rehabilitation along with his work inspiring other spinal cord injury patients made him a legend. (Allen Kaleta/for STM)
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Niles-Saturday- September 18-2010 Pall bearers Anthony Galante (left) and Alex Bruce console each other after placing the coffin of their uncle Michael Schwass in the hearse for its trip to All Saints cemetery. Mourners packed the chapel at Notre Dame High School in Niles for the funeral mass of Michael Schwass a well-known Notre Dame graduate who spent the last 35 years of his life paralyzed after a hockey accident in 1975. His approach toward life and his rehabilitation along with his work inspiring other spinal cord injury patients made him a legend. (Allen Kaleta/for STM)
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