Lara French Welp

She was born June 14, 1971 in Barksdale Air Force Hospital in Bossier City, LA. Lara was employed by the Cecilia Bank in Cecilia, a member of St. James Catholic Church, the Elizabethtown Woman's Club, and Captain Jacob VanMeter Chapter of DAR. She was a graduate of O'Fallon, IL Township High School and Murray State University where she ran track and cross country.

She is survived by her husband Kevin A. Welp; a daughter, Jessica Welp; her parents, Larry and Betty Sue French all of Elizabethtown; a sister, Suzanne French (Shawn) O'Donnell of St. Michaels, MD; nephews, Kyle O'Donnell and Ryan (Kelly) O'Donnell; her in-laws, Patti and Dennis Welp of Evansville, IN; Kevin's twin sister, Karen (Kevin) Gibson and two nieces, Amy Gibson Howard and Ashley Gibson.

The funeral will be Friday at 9 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church.

Burial will follow in St. James Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Brown Funeral Home.

There will be a Prayer Vigil Service at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of Contributions to the Vera Bradley Breast Cancer Foundation.

Condolences may be expressed online at www.brownfuneral.com.