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Mourners pack Mass for Hicksville man killed in bar

Quick ReadSo many people packed the pews of the Holy Family Church Friday morning to mourn Michael J. DiMaria that even the overflow chairs weren't enough to accommodate the crowd.

Friends and family console one another at the

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Friends and family console one another at the funeral for Michael DiMaria. Mourners packed the Mass at Holy Family Church in Hicksville. (Aug. 20, 2010)

So many people packed the pews of the Holy Family Church Friday morning to mourn Michael J. DiMaria, the Hicksville man killed in Boston last weekend by a flying glass shard from a broken beer mug, that even the overflow chairs weren't enough to accommodate the crowd.

DiMaria, 23, a graduate of Kellenberg Memorial High School in Uniondale and Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., had...

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