Funeral service for Marie Laura French will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, 2017 in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 7002 S.W. Drakestone Blvd., Lawton Oklahoma, 73505 with Bishop K. Garrett officiating.

Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery, Lawton, under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Marie Laura French, age 74, Lawton, died Saturday, April 8, 2017 in Saint Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City.  She was born September 15, 1942 in Windsor County, Vermont to Robert Emory and Elizabeth Margaret (Hollis) Champney.  Her early years were spent in New Hampshire where she attended Milford High School.  She moved to Arizona at the age of 16, graduated high school and attended the University of Arizona.  She had been a Lawton resident since 1997.

Mrs. French was primarily a homemaker, but occasionally worked various jobs.  She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  She enjoyed reading and quilting and her grandchildren.

She is survived by Daughter Rachel Hollis Vandenberg (Rodgers) and her husband Shawn Eric Vandenberg and grandchildren Matthew Eric Vandenberg, Erica Rae Large (Vandenberg), and Brian Scott Vandenberg and great grandchildren Lindsey Marie Large and Ryan James Large (of Erica Large) and Adam Ellison Vandenberg (of Matthew Vandenberg); Son David Robert Rodgers; Son Christopher Allen French and wife Lorrie Michelle French and grandchildren Nicole Marin French, Jaimie Christopher French, Charles Steven Henry French, Christopher Alexander James French, Brigham Michael Patrick French and Stevvie Cathryn Willow French and great grandchild Devon French (son of Jaimie French);  Son Paul Eugene French; Son Guy Omar French and wife Georgelyn Labiste French (Diola Labiste) and grandchildren Gabriella Marie Labiste French, Gabriel Richard Labiste French and Gracelyn Rae Labiste French.