CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF RALPH PEARSON

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Ralph Pearson Crash Victim
Funeral Services at St. James Today
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	WYNOT-Funeral services for Ralph Pearson, 20, who died early 
Tuesday at Sacred Heart hospital as a result of injuries sustained in 
an automobile accident near Gayville, S.D., Saturday night, were held 
this morning (Thursday) at 9:30 from St. James Catholic church east of 
Wynot.
	Mr. Pearson, a former Cedar county resident, had been a resident 
of Yankton only a short time.  He and his wife had been living at a trailer 
camp.
	The fatal accident took place on Highway 50 near Gayville, S.D., 
when the car driven by Willis Pearson crashed into the rear of a cattle truck.   
All three persons in the Pearson car were thrown from the car, which rolled 
over onto Ralph.  His wife also received painful injuries.  Willis was uninjured.
	During the early part of the past summer he was employed on a farm near 
Hartington.  He also made his home part of the time at the Max Reifenrath home 
near Wynot.
	He was married August 16, 1949 to Miss Marlene Seiner of Yankton.
	Ralph Pearson was born at Obert October 31, 1928.
	He is survived by his bride of two months; his mother, Mrs. Phillipean 
Pearson of Newcastle; three brothers, George of South Sioux City, Willis of Yankton, 
and Albert of Chicago; and two sisters, Mrs. John Meier of Chicago and Mrs. Earl 
Kennelly of South Sioux City.

Ocotber 1949  Cedar County News