On Monday, November 3, Mayor Tom Menino will be laid to rest in his native Hyde Park. Along with having a funeral procession trek through of some of Menino’s most cherished locales in Boston, there will be several features exhibited throughout the city including parish bells being tolled 71 times and “thank you” signs written and distributed at several locations.

At 10:35 a.m. parish bells at several Boston neighborhood cathedrals will ring 71 times, one for each year Menino lived, and at noon he’ll be deposited at Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park.

According to TomMenino.org, the website providing constant updates to the proceedings, the mass will proceed per the following schedule:

  • Mayor Menino’s six grandchildren will participate in the ceremony, in the reading of the General Intercessions (Giulia Fenton, Will Fenton, Taylor Menino, Thomas Menino III), offering of words of remembrance (Olivia Fenton, Samantha Menino), and serving as pallbearers (Will Fenton and Thomas Menino III).
  • Also serving as pallbearers will be longtime friend Frankie Bisceglia, nephew Joey Coppola, longtime friend Robert Donahue, son-in-law William Fenton, longtime friend Michael Galvin, longtime friend Michael Kineavy, and brother David Menino.
  • Additional musical selections will be performed by members of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus; Susan Consoli, soprano; Renese King, vocalist; Julianne Lee, violin; John Stevens, vocalist; John Finney, organ and piano; and John Stevens, keyboard. Renese King, who moved Mayor Menino to tears at a Martin Luther King Jr. prayer breakfast, will sing “In My Dreams.”
  • The Homily will be delivered by Rev. John J. Connolly, Jr. Reverend Connolly is the Administrator of St. John Chrysostom Parish in West Roxbury, Mayor Menino’s parish.

“Thank You Mayor Menino” signs will be available tomorrow morning at 10:30AM at the following locations:

  • 1 City Hall Plaza – First Floor Horseshoe
  • Suffolk University (73 Tremont Street)
  • Cornwall’s (654 Beacon Street)
  • Fenway Park (Gate D on Yawkey Way)
  • Dudley Square Branch Library (65 Warren Street)
  • Grove Hall Branch Library (41 Geneva Ave)
  • Four Corners Main Streets (157 Washington Street)
  • Holland Community Center (85 Olney Street)
  • Bowdoin Health Center (230 Bowdoin Street)
  • St. Peter’s Center (278 Bowdoin Street)
  • Mattapan Branch Library (1350 Blue Hill Ave)
  • Roslindale Square (4246 Washington Street)
  • Menino Arts Center (26 Central Avenue)

There will be no stopping on the street or parking for vehicles at the following locations:

  • North Street, both sides, from Congress Street to Clinton Street
  • Union Street, both sides, from North Street to Hanover Street, excluding any HP spaces
  • Congress Street, Faneuil Hall side, from State Street to New Sudbury Street
  • Hanover Street, both sides, from Surface Road to Congress Street
  • Blackstone Street, both sides, from Hanover Street to North Street
  • Chatham Street, south side, from Merchants Row to Commercial Street
  • Merchants Row, both sides, from State Street to Chatham Row
  • State Street, north side, from Chatham Street to Congress Street
  • Clinton Street, both sides, from Surface Road to North Street
  • Chatham Row, both sides, from Chatham Street to State Street

Tow Zone and No Stopping to 3p.m.:

  • Maple Street, both sides, from River Street to Oak Street (near Walnut Street)
  • Oak Street, both sides, from Hyde Park Avenue to Oak Street
  • Pine Street, both sides, from Hyde Park Avenue to Maple Street
  • Hyde Park Avenue, both sides, from River Street to Factory Stree