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Laid to Rest
DeKALB — Olivia Segura stepped out of a silver four-door Nissan Sentra and took in the 50-plus people standing in the back of Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home on Sunday morning.
If they felt the cold in the air and the biting wind, the men and women holding American flags didn’t show it. They stood at attention — many with tears sliding down their faces — to show respect for the mother of a fallen U.S. soldier.
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“Thank you for being here for my daughter,” Olivia Segura said tearfully. “Thank you.”
Segura, of DeKalb, arrived at the funeral home around 9:45 a.m. Sunday with family members to say goodbye to her daughter, Ashley Sietsema.
Ashley, who was in the Illinois National Guard, died Nov. 12 at age 20 as a res
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