Bernice Colleen Goff

1923 - 1973  (49 years)    Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

 Set As Default Person    

• Name	Bernice Colleen Goff
  Gender	Female
  Birth	8 Oct 1923	Todd, Minnesota, United States   [1]
  Cert No: 1923-MN-35384
  Census	2 Apr 1930	Staples, Todd, Minnesota, United States   [2]
  Census	4 Apr 1940	Staples, Todd, Minnesota, United States   [3]
  Census	5 Apr 1950	Staples, Todd, Minnesota, United States   [4]
  Death	16 Aug 1973	Todd, Minnesota, United States   [5, 6]
  Record No: 1890109; Cert No: 021593
  Burial	Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Staples, Wadena, Minnesota, United States   [7, 8]
  Plot: 3 new North, Lot 43
  Siblings	1 brother and 1 sister
  1. Beulah Laroe Goff           b. 5 Feb 1915, Minnesota, United States           d. 8 Apr 1960, Todd, Minnesota, United States  (Age 45 years)   2. Harold Edward Goff           b. 9 Jan 1920, Minnesota, United States           d. 18 Mar 1995, Wadena, Minnesota, United States  (Age 75 years)   3. Bernice Colleen Goff           b. 8 Oct 1923, Todd, Minnesota, United States           d. 16 Aug 1973, Todd, Minnesota, United States  (Age 49 years)
  Half-siblings	1 half brother (family of Arthur Wesley Johnson and Kathryn Mae Burdick)
  1. Lyle Arthur Johnson           b. 12 May 1913, Todd, Minnesota, United States           d. 3 Oct 1987, Wadena, Minnesota, United States  (Age 74 years)
  Person ID	I6791	Coon White Family Tree

  
  

  Father	Edward James Goff, Jr           b. 8 Jul 1894, Staples, Todd, Minnesota, United States           d. 18 Jul 1965, Todd, Minnesota, United States (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Kathryn Mae Burdick           b. 16 Apr 1895, Wisconsin, United States           d. 6 Mar 1983, Wadena, Minnesota, United States (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	29 May 1914	Wadena, Minnesota, United States
  Cert No: M7-439
  Age at Marriage	He : 19 years and 10 months - She : 19 years and 1 month.
  Family ID	F2026	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Oct 1923 - Todd, Minnesota, United States Census - 2 Apr 1930 - Staples, Todd, Minnesota, United States Census - 4 Apr 1940 - Staples, Todd, Minnesota, United States Census - 5 Apr 1950 - Staples, Todd, Minnesota, United States Death - 16 Aug 1973 - Todd, Minnesota, United States

  
  

• Reference

  "Bernice Colleen Goff". Coon White Family History. https://cw.ourfamilyroots.org/getperson.php?personID=I6791&tree=cw (accessed October 12, 2026).

  
  

Sources

[S5570] Ancestry.com, Web: Minnesota, U.S., Birth Index, 1900-1934. [S5569] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Staples, Todd, Minnesota; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0031; FHL microfilm: 2340867. [S5567] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Staples, Todd, Minnesota; Roll: m-t0627-01964; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 77-32. [S5568] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Staples, Todd, Minne. . [S5571] Ancestry.com, Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017, Minnesota Department of Health; St Paul, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2017. [S5572] Findagrave,  Bernice C Goff 16 Aug 1973. [S5573] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current.