Merna Marie Williamson, 86, died August 10, 2012 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born April 17, 1926 in rural Barton County, the daughter of Hank and Stella (Miller) Laudick. The longtime Hoisington resident was a retired CNA of 40 years in Great Bend and Garden City. She was a member of the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and volunteered at RSVP, both of Hoisington. Survivors include two sons, Steven Williamson, Wichita; and Nathan Williamson and his wife Debra, Mesa, Ariz.; two daughters, Sylvia Neuman and her husband Dave of Salina; and Anita Laird, Hoisington; two sisters, Vada Stafford, Wichita; and Glenna Sheets, Saginaw, Mich.; a brother, Gary Laudick of Galena, Mo,; 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and a daughter, Lora Williamson. Funeral Service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, Hoisington, with Father Francis Oroffa as celebrant. Interment will be at St. John Cemetery, Hoisington. Visitation is scheduled from 1 to 8 p.m. on Monday with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. and 9 a.m. until service time, Tuesday, all at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to Kans for Kids in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, Box 146, Hoisington, KS. 67544