Julius Ansel

[6] He was wounded in France during World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star.

[7][1][2] Ansel died in Carney Hospital in Dorchester, aged 57, after suffering a heart attack.

[8][1] A much beloved figure in Boston, Ansel's death brought out thousands of people who mourned him at services at Congregation Agudath Israel in Dorchester and Levine Chapel in Brookline.

Then-Governor John A. Volpe attended his funeral along with former governors Foster Furcolo and Endicott Peabody.

The Boston Globe noted that along with politicians, "There were judges and there were clergy, Negro and white, Protestant, Catholic and Jew.