May your way be smooth through the gates, Marine…
Via KTLA:
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer and given only three weeks to live, a beloved Marine had one last wish: to be buried in uniform, along with a Marine Corps flag.
Donnie Loneman had loved being a Marine, according to CNN affiliate KOCO in Oklahoma City. But the veteran, who was homeless for the past decade, did not own a dress uniform. He also could not afford to buy one.
As Loneman explained to Tulsa station KOTV at an event for homeless veterans last October, he had given everything up in order to care for his mother in her final days.
At the time of the event, he said he was spending cold nights on freeway overpasses and under trees.
Loneman passed away Thursday night, according to KOCO.