Hazel Opal Pearson

IN MEMORY OF
HAZEL O. PEARSON

BORN
August 26, 1904
Decatur, Nebraska
PASSED AWAY
July 16, 2007
Paullina, Iowa

FUNERAL SERVICE
11:00 A.M. Friday, July 20, 2007
United Methodist Church
Archer, Iowa
Rev. Jeremy Wiersema, Officiating
TRIBUTES
Tribute to Mom: Joan Schuck
Tribute to Grandma: Gary Van Dyk

MUSIC
“The Lord’s Prayer” Sung by: Dustin Rusche
CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
“In the Garden”
“Amazing Grace”
Organist: Kristine Zylstra

HONORARY CASKET BEARERS
Granddaughters
Marcia Zylstra Cynthia Baker
Carol Rockman Karen Huntley
CASKET BEARERS
Grandsons
Randy Johns Darvin Rusche Robert Rusche
Troy Drenth Gary Van Dyk Dennis Van Dyk
Corey Saunders Tony Saunders Mike Schuck
Jed Schuck

FINAL RESTING PLACE
Graveside service 2:00 P.M. Friday, July 20, 2007
Ocheyedan Township Cemetery ~ Ocheyedan, Iowa

Arrangements under the care of
Gaudian~Eldridge Funeral Home, Paullina, Iowa

After the service, relatives and friends are invited
to join the family in the fellowship hall of the church.



HAZEL O. PEARSON

Hazel Opal Pearson, the daughter of Alpha and Emma (Houts) Earl was born August 26, 1904 in Decatur, Nebraska. She moved with her family to Worthington, Minnesota, where she received her education. On November 3, 1921, she was united in marriage to George Edgar Pearson in Sibley, Iowa. After their marriage the couple lived in Jasper, Luverne and Kanranzee, Minnesota, before settling in the Allendorf, Iowa area. While in Allendorf, she assisted her husband as a depot agent with the Rock Island Railroad and the couple operated a garage and trucking business. In 1955, they moved to the Archer area and owned and operated the Archer Grocery & Locker, until they retired in 1963. In their retirement the couple spent 18 years wintering in Texas. Her husband preceded her in death on June 16, 1982. She remained in Archer until moving to the Paullina Care Center in 2003. She passed away at the care center on Monday, July 16, 2007, reaching the age of 102 years, 10 months and 20 days.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Archer and she enjoyed playing cards, marbles and crocheting.
Hazel leaves to cherish her memory five daughters, Phyllis and her husband, Kenneth Johns of Spencer, Iowa; Geraldine (Gerry) and her husband, Delbert Rusche of Hartley, Iowa; Delores (Dee) and her husband, Jerry Saunders of Paullina, Iowa; Judy Drenth and her friend, Jim LeStrange of Spencer, Iowa; Joan and her husband, Dale Schuck of Sibley, Iowa; eighteen grandchildren, thirty-eight great-grandchildren and thirty great-great-grandchildren; also other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, a daughter, Patsy Van Dyk; a son, Burdell Pearson; two grandsons, two great-grandchildren, her parents, four brothers and a sister.