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04/11/2009 07:22 PM

Marine's body to return home Tuesday

By: Web Staff

ONEIDA COUNTY, N.Y. -- Arrangements have been made for the Oneida County Marine killed in the line of duty. Lance Corporal Blaise Oleski will be laid to rest on Thursday.

Oleski died in Afghanistan last week. He was a 2004 graduate of Holland Patent High School and was a member of the wrestling team there.

His body will be returned home on Tuesday, and according to Barry Funeral Home in Rome, calling hours will be held from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday.

The funeral mass is scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Peter's Church in Rome. Burial services will be private.