MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO - OBIT: PEARSON, Wilbur Lee (d. 1949) *************************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. *************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Michael Reck ab662@dayton.wright.edu October 11, 1996 *************************************************************************** Wilbur Lee Pearson ------------------ Dayton Daily News Sunday - 29 May 1949 Wilbur Lee Pearson, age 39, of 50 No. Woodward Ave., died 28 May 1949. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 P.M. Tuesday by Rev. Ray Hilty at the Grant Riesingers Funeral Home, 1868 W. Third Street. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home, afternoon Monday. A lifelong resident of Dayton, Mr. Pearson died unexpectedly about 7:00 A.M. Saturday while en route to St. Elizabeth Hospital. He had suffered a heart attack near Summit Garage on West Third St. He was an employee of the Variety Aircraft Co. for ten years. Surviving are his wife, Hilda; three daughters, Marilyn, Patricia, and Judith Ann; four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Reck, Mrs. Matilda Bonner and Mrs. Catharine Williams, all of Dayton, and Mrs. Grace Keiper of Lowell, Indiana and a brother, Asa of Dayton. ------- NOTES: Wilbur Lee (Bill) Pearson b. 4 Aug. 1909, Dayton, Ohio. md. 7 Aug. 1937, Richmond, Ind. d. 28 May 1949, Dayton, Ohio. Occupation: Grinder at Variety Aircraft Co. son of James Edward Pearson and Nellie S. Boyd Hilda Catherine Kleimeier b. 22 Dec. 1910, Dayton, Ohio. d. 28 Nov. 1983, Indianapolis, Ind. daughter of Henry Kleimeier and Louise Kroger. Both Wilbur & Hilda are buried at Calvary Cemetery. Hilda C. Pearson married second time on 8 April 1961, by Rev. Leander A. Schweitzer, in Mont. Co., Ohio. To: William C. Luce, b. 11 June 1903, Middletown, Ohio. d. 3 Aug. 1973, burial at Woodhill Cemetery, Franklin, Ohio. Children of Wilbur & Hilda Pearson 1.) Marilyn Louise Pearson, b. 8 Oct. 1938, Dayton, Oh. 2.) Patricia Lee Pearson, b. 21 Dec. 1939, Dayton, Oh. 3.) Judith Anne Pearson, b. 9 August 1943, Dayton, Oh.