Mt. Vernon Register-News

Obituaries

July 31, 2008

Doris Welch

Doris Welch, 85, of Carmi, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2008, at 5:20 p.m. at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind.

She was born on May 19, 1923, in Brownsville, the daughter of Herbert and Lena D. (Holland) Austin. She worked at Rend Lake on the Cedarhurst Advisory Board.

Surviving are a daughter, Virginia Sue Meidel of St. Petersburg, Fla., and a son, Herbert Lee Welch of Robstown, Texas.

She was preceded in death by a son, Jerry Dean Welch.

Funeral services will be held at p.m. Friday at Campbell Funeral Home in Carmi. Burial will be in Union Ridge Cemetery near Norris City.

Friends may call at the Campbell Funeral Home in Carmi on Friday after 5 p.m. until the time of the service at 7 p.m.

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