Vernon D. Larson

Vernon D. Larson, of Washington, Missouri, formerly of St. Louis, died on Thursday, June 26, 2008 at the age of 88. Beloved husband of Airdrie M. Larson; father of Vicki Burton, Sue Heitz and Robert Larson; grandfather of Heather Wood, Brittany Burton, Ashley Burton; great-grandfather of Jagger Wood. Vernon attended LSU and Texas prior to World War II; during the war he was a Naval Medical Service Corpsman assigned to the First Marine Division; he met Airdrie in Melbourne, Australia, following the battle on Guadalcanal. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis and from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis. He was a long-time optometrist in the downtown St. Louis ophthalmological practice of Doctors William Lewin M.D. and Clyde Milster M.D. Vernon retired from the U.S. Navy as a Lieutenant Commander. Memorials may be made to the charity of the donors choice.