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Lauterbach honored in closed memorial service
BY JENNIFER HLAD (jhlad@freedomenc.com)
2008-02-28 19:48:00
DAILY NEWS STAFF
<!-- Video goes here -->Friends, family and fellow Marines honored Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach on Thursday in a memorial ceremony closed to the media.
A spokeswoman for the 2nd Marine Logistics Group confirmed the ceremony took place, but she offered no details about the service or why it was kept secret.
Lauterbach was a personnel clerk with Combat Logistics Battalion-27, 2nd MLG when she disappeared Dec. 14. Her body was found Jan. 12, buried in the backyard of fellow CLB-27 Marine Cesar Laurean, whom she had accused of rape.
Lauterbach’s story struck a chord with people across the country, who posted hundreds of comments on The Daily News’ Web site and other sites set up in the Marine’s memory. The story also hit home for Michael Warren, a Marine who retired in 2004.
Warren, the owner of Gunny’s Chevron Shop in Jacksonville, wanted to do something for the family, he said. So he created a shadowbox containing a dress blue uniform jacket with the medals and rank Lauterbach wore, as well as an American flag and a female Marine symbol. Thursday, he presented it to CLB-27, which presented it to Lauterbach’s family at the memorial service.
“I was watching the news … I wanted to do something about it,” he said. “I wanted to give something to the family.”
The service at Camp Lejeune’s Catholic Chapel was limited to CLB-27 and Lauterbach’s family, Warren said.
When the shadowbox was presented to the Lauterbach family, Warren said he gave Maria’s mother, Mary Lauterbach, “a big old hug.”
Warren said he thinks the gift will be meaningful to Lauterbach’s family, and he hopes it will bring a little closure.
“I did it for my heart,” he said. “I was given a gift by God, and I decided to use that gift … to help bring closure. The rest is up to the man upstairs.”
Bruce
http://wallofhonor.bravehost.com
Lauterbach honored in closed memorial service
BY JENNIFER HLAD (jhlad@freedomenc.com)
2008-02-28 19:48:00
DAILY NEWS STAFF
<!-- Video goes here -->Friends, family and fellow Marines honored Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach on Thursday in a memorial ceremony closed to the media.
A spokeswoman for the 2nd Marine Logistics Group confirmed the ceremony took place, but she offered no details about the service or why it was kept secret.
Lauterbach was a personnel clerk with Combat Logistics Battalion-27, 2nd MLG when she disappeared Dec. 14. Her body was found Jan. 12, buried in the backyard of fellow CLB-27 Marine Cesar Laurean, whom she had accused of rape.
Lauterbach’s story struck a chord with people across the country, who posted hundreds of comments on The Daily News’ Web site and other sites set up in the Marine’s memory. The story also hit home for Michael Warren, a Marine who retired in 2004.
Warren, the owner of Gunny’s Chevron Shop in Jacksonville, wanted to do something for the family, he said. So he created a shadowbox containing a dress blue uniform jacket with the medals and rank Lauterbach wore, as well as an American flag and a female Marine symbol. Thursday, he presented it to CLB-27, which presented it to Lauterbach’s family at the memorial service.
“I was watching the news … I wanted to do something about it,” he said. “I wanted to give something to the family.”
The service at Camp Lejeune’s Catholic Chapel was limited to CLB-27 and Lauterbach’s family, Warren said.
When the shadowbox was presented to the Lauterbach family, Warren said he gave Maria’s mother, Mary Lauterbach, “a big old hug.”
Warren said he thinks the gift will be meaningful to Lauterbach’s family, and he hopes it will bring a little closure.
“I did it for my heart,” he said. “I was given a gift by God, and I decided to use that gift … to help bring closure. The rest is up to the man upstairs.”
Bruce
http://wallofhonor.bravehost.com