Army Ranger's funeral to be Monday in Monroe

9/4/2009

MONROE — A funeral Mass for 19-year-old Pfc. Eric W. Hario will be at 10 a.m. Monday in St. Mary's Catholic Church in Monroe.

Private Hario, a U.S. Army Ranger, was killed Aug. 29 following a firefight in a rugged, mountainous area of Paktika province in Afghanistan.

Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday at Rupp Funeral Home on South Custer Road in Monroe Township where a remembrance service will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, according to the funeral home's Web site.

A 2008 Monroe High School graduate, Private Hario was serving his first deployment overseas.