By Megan Woolhouse
Globe Staff / February 20, 2009
LEOMINSTER - A lifelong part of this community, Private Jonathan Roberge was eulogized yesterday in the church where he was baptized.
More than 1,200 people filled the pews at St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church for the funeral of the 22-year-old hometown boy, who left his family and the [...]
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Private Jonathan Roberge was eulogized yesterday in the church where he was baptized.
February 20th, 2009
Jonathan to Return home to Leominster
February 16th, 2009
Fallen soldier’s body to return to Leominster
By Marisa Donelan
Posted: 02/16/2009 06:00:37 AM EST
Courtesy of Sentinel and Enterprise
LEOMINSTER - The body of fallen Army Pfc. Jonathan Roberge will be brought home to Leominster Tuesday morning, and Mayor Dean J. Mazzarella is asking residents to stand along the procession route to honor the soldier.
Roberge, 22, died Feb. 9 [...]
Jonathan Roberge - Leominster Hero
February 16th, 2009
From the Boston Globe.
By Milton Valencia, Globe Staff
A Leominster native was one of four Army soldiers who were killed along with an interpreter in Mosul, Iraq Monday when a suicide car bomber detonated near the humvee they were riding in, the soldier’s family confirmed today.
Jonathan Roberge, 22, a 2005 graduate of Leominster High School’s Center [...]