Oldest Pearl Harbor veteran, 106, gets a patriotic and fond farewell
(LA Times Clippers)

This week, Poway said goodbye to its most famous citizen, Ray Chavez, who until his death at age 106 last month, was the nation´s oldest surviving Pearl Harbor veteran. After a 90-minute Mass at St. Michael´s Catholic Church on Thursday, the funeral cortege, led by dozens of motorcycles, rolled...