Willard Elmer Pearson
1938 - 1994 (55 years)
Person ID: I684 | Tree: Import from RootsMagic | Last Modified: 29 Jul 2021
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Name Willard Elmer Pearson Notes - May have suffered from Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (not verified).
According to family lore, he may have been a twin (possibly conjoined), the other twin did not survive. Leroy recalled being in the room when the doctors discussed the twins. There is no grave; there was no funeral.
Birth 15 Nov 1938 - Mr. and Mrs. Elmer W. Pearson of Ceresco, announce the birth of a son, Willard Elmer, Tuesday at Lincoln General hospital. Mrs. Pearson was formerly Miss Sophia A.E. Heiser.
15 Nov 1938 Willard Pearson birth Nebraska State Journal Gender Male Died 17 Jan 1994 - WAHOO NEWSPAPER - JANUARY 27, 1994
DEATHS
WILLARD PEARSON
Services for Willard Elmer Pearson of California, who died Jan. 17, 1994, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, 1994, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Ceresco. The Rev. Richard A. Wollard will officiate. Interment will follow at Swedeburutheran Cemetery with Mike Bokelman, Harold Heiser, Paul Heiser, Bruce Palmer, Bill Pearson and John Pearson serving as pallbearers.
Pearson was born Nov. 15, 1938, to his parents Elmer and Sophia (Heiser) Pearson in Lincoln. He attended the Ceresco Public Schools, graduating in 1956. He was active in the Boy Scouts, church youth groups and high school music groups.
He attended Kearney State College, worked at the family automotive repair business, took computer training in Omaha, and then worked as a computer operator in California and Lincoln before returning to California. He began doing carpentry woeveral years ago.
His parents and one brother preceded him in death.
Survivors are a brother and sister-in-law, Martin and Marlene Pearson of Ceresco; a sister and brother-in-law, Phyllis and Marlin Olson of Wahoo; a nephew, four nieces; two grand-nieces, uncles; aunts; cousins; and special friends Melanie Woond Chris Shultes.
Arrangements by Metcalf Funeral Home.
- May have suffered from Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (not verified).
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Parents
Father Elmer Winford Pearson (ID:I628), b. 16 Jan 1903, Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States 
d. Yes, date unknown Mother Sophia Albertine Eugenie Heiser (ID:I680), b. 17 Jan 1903 d. 10 Mar 1970 (Age 67 years) Marriage 23 Feb 1927 Children 1. Martin Leroy Pearson (ID:I681), b. 23 Oct 1928 d. 13 Mar 2023 (Age 94 years)2. Philip Eugene Pearson (ID:I682), b. 24 May 1931 d. 10 Jun 1931 (Age 0 years)3. 
Phyllis Sophia Pearson (ID:I683), b. 13 Jul 1934, Ceresco, Saunders, Nebraska, United States d. 22 Jul 2024, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States (Age 90 years)4. Willard Elmer Pearson (ID:I684)
(current person)
, b. 15 Nov 1938 d. 17 Jan 1994 (Age 55 years) -
Family 1
Wife 1 Hazel Wright (ID:I692) Family 2
Wife 2 Marie Cook (ID:I7541) Marriage 1 Apr 1962 Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, United States - (excerpts)
Marie E. Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Gould, Beatrice, and Willard Elmer Pearson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pearson, Ceresco, exchanged wedding vows in a 4 p.m. double ring ceremony April at the St. Paul Lutheran Church.
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Bill Gilbert, music instructor at Louisville High School, Louisville, presented the music. Lighting the tapers were Miss Rose Marie Pearson and Miss Mary Pearson.
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Mrs. Phyllis Olson was matron of honor and Mrs. Carolyn Baldwin was bridesmatron.
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Attending the groom were John Szpontanski as best man and the bride's brother, David Gould II, as groomsman. Ushers were Joseph Weis and Jack Wyant.
Flower girl was Crystal Annette Olson and ring bearer was Cindy Sue Pearson. They wore matching silk organza dresses and floral head pieces.
01 Apr 1962 Willard Pearson Marie Cook wedding Beatrice Daily Sun part 1 01 Apr 1962 Willard Pearson Marie Cook wedding Beatrice Daily Sun part 2 Willard Pearson - Marie Cook Wedding Invitation Divorce Bef 1964 - (excerpts)
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