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 The body of 21-year-old Marine Robert Newton returned home today during a funeral procession. The Lance Corporal from Creve Coeur was killed in Afghanistan last week while on patrol. Thousands of people lined the streets as Newton’s remains were transported from the Peoria Air Guard base to Deiters Funeral Home in East Peoria. Newton’s great aunt took part in the procession and did not wish to give her name. She says the community should remember Newton as a hero: Great Aunt: And when he signed up he knew that this was possible. But he still went like all the military today. They don’t have the draft, they do this voluntarily. And he was one of them.
The public visitation for Newton is from three to seven tomorrow at Deiters Funeral Home. The funeral is Friday morning at 10 also at the funeral home. The Funeral caravan will move through East Peoria, where High School students will line the road. The procession also will go by Creve Coeur Grade School where students will also be out to pay respects. Burial will be in Pekin immediately following the service.
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