
CASCO, Wis. — A standing room only crowd said goodbye Thursday to a Marine killed in Iraq.
Cpl. Jesse Thiry, 23, was killed April 5 during combat in Iraq.
Gov. Jim Doyle and U.S. Rep. Mark Green were among the dignitaries who joined Thiry’s family and friends at the full military funeral at St. Peter Catholic Church in Lincoln.
Bishop David Zubik of the Green Bay Catholic Diocese presided at the funeral, along with the Rev. Dennis Drury and the Rev. John Doerfler.
Thiry, a 2000 graduate of Luxemburg-Casco High School, enlisted in the Marines and had been scheduled to be discharged in November after completing four years on active duty.
He was in...