Phyllis Sophia Pearson
1934 - 2024 (90 years)
Person ID: I683 | Tree: Rudeen-Rademacher | Last Modified: 30 Jan 2025
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Name Phyllis Sophia Pearson Birth 13 Jul 1934 Ceresco, Saunders, Nebraska, USA 
Gender Female Died 22 Jul 2024 Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA 
Obituary Phyllis Olson 2024
Phyllis Sophia (Pearson) Olson
Phyllis Sophia (Pearson) Olson was born July 13, 1934 to Elmer Winfred Pearson and Sophia Eugenia (Heiser) Pearson, in Ceresco, NE. She passed away July 22, 2024 at GracePointe in Lincoln, after recently celebrating her 90th birthday. She truly enjoyed receiving countless birthday cards and letters from family and friends across the country.
Phyllis attended grade school and graduated from Ceresco High School in 1952. After attending school in Omaha to learn 5 level teletype, she was employed by National Gypsum Company at the Ordinance Plant outside Mead. She then worked for the Wahoo Newspaper as a typesetter. She stayed home to raise their three daughters, Crystal, Marlys, and Becky in their younger years, then returned to full-time work at Farmers Mutual Insurance, in Wahoo. In 1974, she went to work for Production Credit Association/Federal Land Bank in Wahoo, and stayed until 1997. After her retirement she drove the Handi-Van in Wahoo, volunteered at the Wahoo Museum and at the Red Cross Blood Mobile. Later in life she traveled extensively with her grandson, Graham.
Immanuel Lutheran Church, in Ceresco, was her early church home where Phyllis was baptized, confirmed, a choir member and married to Marlin Dewey Olson on January 9, 1955. The balance of her life she was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Swedeburg.
Phyllis is survived by her daughters, Crystal (Jerry) Balthrop of Nashville TN; Marlys (Chuck) Jones of Lincoln, NE; Becky (Jim Kellogg) Olson-Kellogg and grandson, Graham Kellogg, of St. Louis Park, MN. Other survivors include Marlin's sisters, Jean Mortensen and Janet (Dick) Sayers, both in Omaha; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
Phyllis was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers Philip Eugene, Willard Elmer, Martin Leroy (Marlene); and her husband, Marlin.
Her Memorial Service will be held at Grace Lutheran Church, at 10 a.m., Friday, August 2, 2024. Visitation will be Thursday, August 1st, 5 to 7 p.m. at Pruss-Nabity Funeral Home. Interment will be at Grace Lutheran Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Grace Lutheran Church in Swedeburg, and Lutheran World Relief.
(Wahoo News, August 2, 2024, page A5
PeterWilliamPearsonFamily075.jpg PeterWilliamPearsonFamily076.jpg PeterWilliamPearsonFamily077.jpg PeterWilliamPearsonFamily078.jpg Buried 2 Aug 2024 Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Swedeburg, Saunders, Nebraska -
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 Albums 
Peter William Pearson family (78)
Assorted photos, invitations, announcements, funeral cards and newspaper clippings for the family of Peter William PearsonChildren + 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)
(current person)
, b. 13 Jul 1934, Ceresco, Saunders, Nebraska, USA d. 22 Jul 2024, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA (Age 90 years)4. Willard Elmer Pearson (ID:I684), b. 15 Nov 1938 d. 17 Jan 1994 (Age 55 years) -
Family
Husband Marlin Dewey Olson (ID:I688), b. 13 Jun 1930, Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska, USA d. 10 Jun 2003, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA (Age 72 years) Marriage 
9 Jan 1955 Phyllis Pearson Marlin Olson wedding invitation Children 1. Crystal Annette Olson (ID:I689), b. 14 Oct 1957, Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska, USA 2. Marlys Elaine Olson (ID:I690), b. 28 Nov 1959, Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska, USA + 3. Becky Jo Olson (ID:I691), b. 14 May 1961, Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska, USA