PERRYVILLE -- Dr. Lawrence W. Feltz, 78, a long-time prominent Perryville physician died Sunday, Jan. 5, 1992, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville.

He was born Aug. 11, 1913, in Perryville, the son of Lawrence and Katherine Lukefahr Feltz. On Feb. 14, 1944, he married Irene L. Creedon, who survives of the home.

Feltz represented the third generation of doctors in his family. He graduated in 1931 from St. Vincent's High School in Perryville, and 10 year later, received his medical degree from St. Louis University. After he served a year-long internship at Deaconness Hospital in St. Louis, he entered the Army Medical Corps, where he served in the Pacific Islands and Australia.

Following his military service, Feltz returned to Perryville in 1946 to practice medicine. Since that time, he delivered more than 3,000 babies, and prior to April 1951 when Perry County Memorial Hospital was built, the births were home deliveries. His practice in Perryville included day and night house calls.

He recently was honored by the Missouri Medical Association during its annual convention for his 50 years in the practice of medicine.

Feltz was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville; the Knights of Columbus Council #1263 in Perryville; the St. Louis University Alumni Association; the American Medical Association; and the Southern Medical Association

Other survivors include five sons, Lawrence Creedon Feltz of Missouri City, Texas, Jaye Patrick Feltz of Furth, Germany, Kim Kristopher Feltz and Jeffrey Lynn Feltz, both of Crestwood, and Gabrielle Leslie Feltz of Perryville; five daughters, Kerry Lea O'Keefe of Gerald, Jan Larrene Redington of Pacific, Kaye Patricia Miederhoff of Perryville, Renee Laelle Welker of Webster Groves, and Suzettae Maria Labuary of Monroe City; a brother, Kent Feltz of St. Louis; five sisters, Sister Dorothy Feltz, D.C. and Sister Laurentia Feltz, D.C., both of Normandy, Lil Whittwer of Chicago, Ill., Cis Nuyttens of Minneapolis, Minn., and Mary Jane Bouknight of Columbia, S.C.; and 23 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers and a son, Timothy Shannon Feltz.

His body will rest in state at Young and Sons Chapel in Perryville from 3-9 p.m. Tuesday and from 6:30-9:45 a.m. Wednesday, when it will be taken to St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church for 10 a.m. funeral mass. Parish wake service will be at 7 p.m Tuesday.

The Rev. Charles Rice, C.M., and the Rev. Henry Grodecki, C.M., will celebrate, and burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Perryville.