Gathering for slain Soldier's stadium funeral
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About 1,000 people are already inside Great American Ball Park for the 1 p.m. funeral of Staff. Sgt. Matt Maupin.
"The message that everyone should take away from this day is: Don't forget the troops," said Bob Feeley, 72. The retired steelworker from Delhi Township sported a T-shirt showing Maupin, which he bought at the Yellow Ribbon Support Center.
The first of the mourners allowed in the ball park Sunday morning — escorted by a Reds official — was the family of a fallen Marine from Fairfield who have become close friends of the Maupin family.
Jonn and Carol Prazynski, father and stepmother of Lance Corp. Taylor Prazynski, killed in action in Iraq in May 2005, came with the Marine's grandmother Mary Alice Prazynski and a small group of friends from the Military Support Group, an organzation of military families that meets each month in Blue Ash.
"The message that everyone should take away from this day is: Don't forget the troops," said Bob Feeley, 72. The retired steelworker from Delhi Township sported a T-shirt showing Maupin, which he bought at the Yellow Ribbon Support Center.
The first of the mourners allowed in the ball park Sunday morning — escorted by a Reds official — was the family of a fallen Marine from Fairfield who have become close friends of the Maupin family.
Jonn and Carol Prazynski, father and stepmother of Lance Corp. Taylor Prazynski, killed in action in Iraq in May 2005, came with the Marine's grandmother Mary Alice Prazynski and a small group of friends from the Military Support Group, an organzation of military families that meets each month in Blue Ash.
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