Maureen O'Hara buried at Arlington National Cemetery

By Julia LeDoux, Pentagram Staff WriterNovember 20, 2015

Maureen O'Hara buried at Arlington National Cemetery
1 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Air Force Honor Guard casket team carry the casket of actress Maureen O'Hara to her burial site at Arlington National Cemetery Nov. 9 in Arlington, Va. O'Hara an acclaimed Hollywood actress, starting in such films as, "Miracle on 34th Street," "... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Maureen O'Hara buried at Arlington National Cemetery
2 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The funeral procession of actress Maureen O'Hara gathers to walk to the burial site at Arlington National Cemetery Nov. 9 in Arlington, Va. The Hollywood actress was laid to rest next to her husband, U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles F. Blair. (Joint... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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3 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe Band performs at the funeral of actress Maureen O'Hara Nov. 9 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. O'Hara was laid to rest alongside her husband, U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles F. Blair. The film and scree... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va. - The strains of "Garryowen" echoed across Arlington National Cemetery Nov. 9, as friends and family gathered to say goodbye to one of the Golden Age of Hollywood's most iconic leading ladies.

"In honor of Maureen O'Hara, our very own," the pipe major of the Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe Band of Chicago said as the first notes of the refrain sounded.

Maureen O'Hara died Oct. 24 at age 95 and was laid to rest two days before Veterans Day alongside her husband, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles Blair, who made the first fighter jet crossing of the North Pole in 1959. An eight-member Air Force honor guard carried her remains to the gravesite near Arlington House under a gray, Virginia sky.

Fr. Gerald Weymes presided over O'Hara's funeral Mass at Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Arlington, Virginia and at the burial service at the cemetery.

Born Maureen Fitzsimmons Aug. 17, 1920, the red-haired Irish-American actress was best known for her roles in "Miracle On 34th Street," "The Quiet Man," "How Green Was My Valley" and "McLintock!"

Other Hollywood notables who are buried at Arlington include Jackie Cooper, Charles Durning and Lee Marvin.