The community stood in somber respect as several agencies escort 19-year-old Lance Corporal Kendal Lawler home for burial in Menard last week. Photo by Cheyanne Nance.
Menard residents young and old stood together last Wednesday to respectfully and permanently welcome home nineteen- year-old Lance Corporal Kendal Colleen Lawler. A 2025 graduate of Menard High School, LCpl Lawler immediately struck out after graduation to follow her lifelong dream of becoming a U.S. Marine. The LCpl was found unresponsive in her Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, Cali…
