Louise Vernon, 88, of Goff, KS, died Saturday evening, August 10, 2002, at the Hiawatha Community Hospital in Hiawatha. She had been a patient there for about two weeks.

She was born November 4, 1913, on a farm west of Goff, the daughter of Charles and Maude Wessel Clarkson. She grew up there, attended school in Goff, and graduated from Wetmore High School in 1931. After earning a teaching certificate in 1931, she taught in a rural school and then at elementary schools in Goff and Wetmore for many years. In 1963 she graduated from Emporia State University with a degree in education. In 1974 she retired from teaching.

On December 1, 1934, she married Harold D. Vernon in Washington, KS. He preceded her in death on July 1, 1985.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Goff, the Whiting Chapter #287 of the Order of the Eastern Star, the GFWC Goff Women’s Club, and the Nemaha County Home Demonstration Unit in Goff.

Survivors are two daughters, Kathryn Perrin of Ozawkie, KS, and Dorothy Legere of Colorado Springs, CO; a brother Floyd Clarkson of Hiawatha; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral service will be 10:30 AM Tuesday at the United Methodist Church in Goff. She will lie in state at the church for an hour preceding the services. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Goff. She will lie in state after 10 A.M. Monday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.

Memorials may be given for the United Methodist Church in Goff, and sent in care of the First State Bank of Goff, Goff, KS 66428.