Laredo, Texas resident Clarise E. Kline died Tuesday in Laredo, Texas. She was 67.

She was born October 27, 1931 in Shawnee to Ethel McClure.

She was raised in Shawnee. She graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University and pursued a teaching career. She was a teacher in Oklahoma for two years, in New Mexico for four years and in Garden City, Kansas for nine years.

After her mother died in 1970, she returned to Shawnee and continued teaching. She opened a kindergarten at North Rock Creek School. In 1974, she moved to Laredo, Texas, and continued to teach for 22 years. During that time she earned a master's degree from Laredo State University.

Survivors include her husband, Duncan Kline, of the home; son, Jim Dodson of Shawnee and grandson, Tyler Dodson of Shawnee.

She was preceded in death by her mother.

Graveside services will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Cemetery with the Rev. Guy Cagle of Bible Temple Church officiating under the direction of Cooper Funeral Chapel, Tecumseh.

Published July 2, 1999.