
LENA, Wis. — Dozens of people gathered at Lena High School at the funeral Thursday for a 19-year-old woman killed while serving with the Army Reserve in Iraq.
A U.S. flag was draped over the casket of Pfc. Nichole Frye during the service.
Bishop David Zubik of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay joined the mourners and at one point kissed the casket of the fallen soldier.
The civil affairs specialist died Feb. 16. when a roadside bomb exploded near her convoy in Baqouba, Iraq, according to the Department of Defense.
She belonged to the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion based in Ashwaubenon, but had been deployed with the Michigan-based 415th...