Willard Elmer Pearson
1938 - 1994 (55 years)Person ID: I684 | Tree: Rudeen-Rademacher | 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 
15 Nov 1938 Willard Pearson birth Nebraska State Journal
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.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, USA 
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 (Siblings) + 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. Living (ID:I683) 4. Willard Elmer Pearson (ID:I684), b. 15 Nov 1938 d. 17 Jan 1994 (Age 55 years) -
Family 1
Wife 1 Hazel Wright (ID:I692) Marriage 1964-11-16 Willard Pearson Hazel Wright marriage license
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Pearson, Willard, Ceresco...25
Wright, Hazel, 301 So. 18th...42Family 2
Wife 2 Living (ID:I7541)