Donna Pearson's obituary, Harrison, Clare County, Michigan

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The Clare Sentinel - June 11, 1948
  
TWO KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT SUNDAY MORNING
  
Miss Donna Pearson, 16, of Harrison, and Patrick H. Smith, 20, Coleman
veteran of World War II, were killed and three others seriously injured
early Sunday morning on US-27, five miles northwest of Alma, when the car
driven by Smith left the highway and crashed into a tree.  Both died of
multiple skull fractures.  Smith was killed instantly, while Miss Pearson
died upon admittance to the Smith Memorial Hospital in Alma.
  
A junior at the Harrison High School, Miss Pearson was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Pearson.  She was born April 21, 1932, in Harrison.
Surviving are three brothers, Frank, Lester, and Leon; and two sisters,
Mrs. Violet Blosser and Mrs. Doreen Henry, all of Harrison.
  
Funeral services were held at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Fansing
Funeral Home in Harrison.  The Rev. M. C. Hilton, of Harrison officiated
and burial was in the Summerfield Township Cemetery.
  
Pall bearers were her classmates, Harry Lee, Billy Amble, John P. Gibson,
Dan Romes, David Miller and Ralph Neely.  Singing was by Mrs. Hilton and
Mrs. Loie Hecker.