Iradelle Lenore Engstrom
1905 - 2001 (96 years)Person ID: I0186 | Tree: Marlys Jones - Brodd Family | Last Modified: 3 Jul 2018
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Name Iradelle Lenore Engstrom [1] Notes
LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR - AUGUST 2001
Pearson - Iradelle L., 96, Wahoo, formerly Ceresco, widow of Irvin L., died Tuesday (8/21/01). Born, Mead (5/25/05) to Nels L. and Ida (Peterson) Engstrom. Graduate, valedictorian, Mead High School, 1923. Attended University of Nebraska and Naska Wesleyan. Received two-year teaching certificate. Taught rural school near Ainsworth and Ceresco District 59. Member, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Ceresco.
Survivors: sons, daughters-in-law, Irvin and Leanne, Bill and Marcia, all Ceresco; daughter, son-in-law, Rose Marie and Sid Swanson, Ceresco; grandchildren, David Pearson, Crale, Craig and Celeste Swanson, all Ceresco, Kirk Pearson, Euliss, Ts, Erika Krull, Kearney, Karen Miller, Iowa City, Iowa; great-granddaughter, Bethany Krull, Kearney; sister-in-law, Thelma Pearson, Wahoo; nieces; nephews; friends.
Memorial services: 11 a.m. Friday, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Ceresco. The Rev. Fred Meuter. Prior graveside services: 10 a.m. Friday, Sunrise Cemetery, Wahoo. Pallbearers: David Pearson, Kirk Pearson, Erika Krull, Karen Miller, Crale Swanson,aig Swanson, Celeste Swanson. Visitation: 5-8 p.m. today, Nelson Funeral Home, Ceresco. Memorials to church in lieu of flowers.
Birth 27 May 1905 Mead, Saunders County, Nebraska 
[1] Gender Female Died 21 Aug 2001 Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska [2] Buried 24 Aug 2001 Sunrise Cemetery, Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska [3] -
Family
Husband Irvin Leonard Pearson (ID:I0790), b. 10 Oct 1909, Weston, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 25 Oct 1971, at home, rural Ceresco, Saunders County, Nebraska (Age 62 years) Marriage 23 Mar 1935 First Baptist Church Parsonage, Valley, Douglas County, Nebraska [1] Notes
CERESCO NEWS - MARCH 28, 1935
THEY SAY - "I DO"
ENGSTROM - PEARSON
Miss Iradelle Engstrom, daughter of Mrs. Ida Ogen, and Mr. Irvin Pearson, youngest son of Mrs. Clara Pearson, were married on Saturday, March 23, 1935 in Valley, Nebraska at the parsonage of Rev. Roy H. Larson, minister of the First Baptist Cch. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Swanson of Mead, Nebr.
The bride was attired in a navy blue suit with accessories to match.
Mr. and Mrs. Pearson will make their home on the Pearson farm, one mile north and one mile west of Ceresco.
The bride was born and reared in Mead, Nebraska and was a graduate of Mead High School. She attended Nebraska Wesleyan and University of Nebraska, and has been teaching in Saunders County schools for a number of years. The groom has lived ard Ceresco all his life and is well known here.
This paper joins their many friends in wishing them many years of happiness and prosperity.
Children 1. Living (ID:I0187) 2. Living (ID:I0188) 3. Living (ID:I0189) -
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