Former Casco man killed in Iraq

A former Casco man was killed Monday while serving in Iraq. Marine Lance Cpl. Dean Opicka, 29, of Waukesha, is the third Luxemburg-Casco High School alumnus to die in Iraq and the seventh from Northeastern ... via WisInfo

[Emily Thompson]

I had the honor of going to college with Dean. I also knew him through his roommate. Dean was a wodnerful person...one of those over all good guys. He will be missed. My thoughts and prayers are with the family.
God Bless,
Emily

[Margie]

Thank You to everyone who has been overwhelmingly great to my sister & her husband . This is a very tough time for all of us. Dean was loved & respected by his wole family and friends.I can't get over the fact that he is gone & I'll never see his smiling face or listen to him sing or play baseball or all the things he enjoyed doing.I am Dean's Aunt .His mom Donna, had Melanoma and the Drs. told her she wasn't suppose to be here...But she said God must have kept her around to help hold everyone together from this tradgedy.We had so many candles and prayers going for him; but God must have had bigger plans for him.I miss him terribly. He'll always be my HERO !
It saddens me so much when I think of the fact that Donna won't be getting her call on Mother's Day and a card.You see, Dean NEVER forgot her.
Please keep the family in your prayers.
Dean's Aunt Margie