RONALD LEON GOFF

Memorial service for Ronald Leon Goff, 59, of Florissant, Colo., formerly of Wells, was at 10 a.m. Saturday at the O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Home chapel in Alto.

Mr. Goff died July 4 in Mexico. He was born Dec. 26, 1947, in Lufkin to Calvin and Imogene Goff. He lived in Colorado and was an engineer supervisor for Cripple Creek Casino. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserves and was stationed in the Philippines. He served on missions into Vietnam as a tail gunner and also served as a Seabee out of California. He was a Colorado Mounted Ranger. He and his wife bred and showed Maine- Coon Cats. Preceding him in death were his parents and a brother, Wayne Goff.

Survivors are his wife, Pam Goff of Florissant, Colo.; two sons, Patrick Palmer of Atlanta, Ga. and Kevin Goff of Florissant; a daughter, Kimberly Mardon of Newport News, Va.; two brothers, Tony Goff and Timmy Goff, both of Galveston; a sister, Teresa White of Richmond; two grandchildren, Haley and Mark Richardson; 13 nieces and nephews; and nine great-nieces and great-nephews.

Information from The Cherokeean Herald

August 15, 2007