McCarthy's burial at St. Mary Cemetery in Appleton, May 7, 1957
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Eight Marines carried McCarthy's casket to the grave, while Appleton High School juniors played taps.

 

Little Chute residents waiting for McCarthy's motorcade, May 6, 1957
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McCarthy's motorcade stopped at St. John Catholic Church in Little Chute, were Rev. Martin Vosbeek blessed the casket.

 

McCarthy's health deteriorated after his censure, worsened by alcohol abuse. He died on May 2, 1957, from acute hepatitis at the age of 48 in Bethesda, Maryland. The Marines greeted McCarthy's body at Austin Straubel Airport in Green Bay and escorted it by motorcade to St. Mary Catholic Church in Appleton. An estimated 30,000 people filed through the church to visit McCarthy's body. After a requiem mass, McCarthy's wife, Jean, buried McCarthy near his parents in St. Mary cemetery in Appleton.

• Appleton Mayor Robert L. Roemer asked that all public offices, schools, and businesses close on the day of McCarthy's funeral as a tribute to the Senator.
  
  
• Twenty-one senators came to McCarthy's Appleton funeral including Strom Thurmond, Everett Dirksen, and Barry Goldwater. A loyal friend and former assistant, Robert Kennedy, also attended.

Mourners at McCarthy's bier in St. Mary Catholic Church, May 6, 1957
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An estimated 30,000 mourners passed by McCarthy's casket in St. Mary Catholic Church.