Elaine L. Pearson Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

A Graveside Service for Elaine will be held on Friday, September 14, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the Swedish Cemetery in rural Shickley, Nebraska with Rev. Bryan Drebes officiating. No Visitation - Closed Casket Elaine will be laid to rest at the Swedish Cemetery in rural Shickley, Nebraska. In Lieu of Flowers - Memorials are to be directed to the family for a later designation. The Pearson family will be having a Memorial Service at 10:30 a.m., at Pacific Hills Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska on Thursday, September 13, 2018. Elaine Lucille (Kerl) Pearson was born to William Kerl and Anna (Wolken) Kerl on May 28, 1933 in rural Bruning, Nebraska, and passed away on September 8, 2018. She was one of five children. She was married to Vernon Pearson of Shickley, Nebraska on October 18, 1953, and to them two children were born. Elaine became a Registered Nurse when she graduated from Mary Lanning School of Nursing in Hastings, Nebraska. Following Vernon’s discharge from the U.S. Air Force in 1955, they resided in rural Shickley, Nebraska. Elaine was busy being a loving wife and mother working at the Thayer County Memorial Hospital and being an active member of Zion Lutheran Church in Shickley. In 2000, Elaine and Vernon moved to Omaha, Nebraska to be closer to family. Elaine was an active member of the Pacific Hills Lutheran Church in Omaha. She enjoyed participating in Bible Study, 55 and Better, Red Hat Society and Taichi. She was a regular sacristan. Elaine was an avid reader of a wide variety of literature. Elaine is preceded in death by her parents, William and Anna Kerl; sisters, Dorothy Sayre and Marie Kerl; brothers, Louis Kerl and Fred Kerl and her son, Jon Pearson. She is survived by her husband, Vernon Pearson; son, Erik Pearson; Daughter-in-law, Susan Pearson; grandchildren, Catherine Pearson, Jacob Pearson and Anna Pearson.

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Elaine L. Pearson

May 28, 1933 - September 8, 2018