Thelma Vernon

Crosstown, MO. -- THELMA R. VERNON, 88, OF CROSSTOWN DIED SUNDAY, NOV. 18, 2001, AT PERRY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN PERRYVILLE, MO.

SHE WAS BORN NOV. 23, 1912, AT CROSSTOWN, DAUGHTER OF LOUIS F. AND ROSA GREEN STREILER. SHE AND JOHN H. VERNON WERE MARRIED AUG. 7, 1931. HE DIED JULY 13, 1989.

SHE WAS AN LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE AT THE SUNRISE NURSING HOME UNTIL 1974. SHE WAS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF THE ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CROSSTOWN.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE THREE DAUGHTERS, MARY ANN CLIFTON OF PERRYVILLE, BETTY PETOT OF CROSSTOWN AND FAYE CHADWICK OF FESTUS, MO.; TWO SONS, DONALD VERNON OF FESTUS AND JAMES VERNON OF ARNOLD, MO.; 17 GRANDCHILDREN; 34 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; AND NINE GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY TWO SONS, A BROTHER AND A SISTER.

FRIENDS MAY CALL AT YOUNG AND SONS CHAPEL IN PERRYVILLE FROM 4-9 P.M. TODAY AND FROM 6:30-9:20 A.M. TUESDAY.

FUNERAL WILL BE AT 10 A.M. TUESDAY AT ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE REV. KEVIN FAUSZ WILL OFFICIATE, WITH BURIAL IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY.