PERRYVILLE -- Marie "Ottana" Lawrence, 83, of Perryville, died Friday, Dec. 10, 1993, at Aspen Forest Cape Center.
She was born Sept. 10, 1910, in St. Louis, daughter of Carl and Henrietta Milfelt Michaud. She and Wilbert Joseph Lawrence were married June 8, 1935. He died Feb. 23, 1982.
Lawrence was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church.
Survivors include eight daughters, Virginia Lowes, Velma Hayden, Evelyn Detjen, Wilma Kline and Mary Flentge of Perryville, Reva Boxdorfer of Bethalto, Ill., Verna DePauw of Marion, Ill., Willene Frost of Hammond, Ind.; four sons, Edgar and Roger Lawrence of Perryville, Edward and Ronald Lawrence of St. Louis; three brothers, John, Harold and Russell Michaud of Perryville; a sister, Helen Triller of St. Louis; 29 grandchildren, and 28 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sons, a daughter, two brothers and a sister.
Funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Vincent's Church. The Rev. Edward Wilson will officiate, with burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home from 2-9 p.m. Sunday, and 6:30-9:45 a.m. Monday. The wake will be at 7 p.m. Sunday.
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