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September 8, 2006

Funeral set for Seekonk Marine killed in Iraq

The family of Marine Lance Cpl. Eric Valdepeñas of Seekonk, Mass., who was killed on patrol in Iraq on Monday when a roadside bomb exploded, has set his funeral arrangements.

The wake will be Wednesday at the Perry-McStay Funeral Home in East Providence from 3 to 7 p.m., and the funeral will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul in Providence.

Burial for Valdepeñas, who was a 2003 graduate of Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, will be private, according to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, which has helped the Valdepeñas family communicate with the media since the death of their son and brother. He was the youngest of eight children.

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 2:54 PM | Permalink

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