Mrs. Pearce died Feb. 3, 2003 at Carson Valley Residential Care Center. She was born Aug. 22, 1918 in Oakland, California, to Eugene S. Sr. and Rena Vander Naillen Campi.
She attended Holy Names College, where she earned a bachelor's degree in education and graduated with high honors and distinction. She married Elwood F. Pearce in 1941.
Mrs. Pearce moved to South Lake Tahoe in 1956 and taught elementary school in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District for more than 20 years. She was an accomplished classical pianist, an active member in St. Gall's Parish community, and enjoyed playing bridge.
She was preceded in death by stepbrother, Buck Brockoff; and stepsister, Madeline Andrews.
Among her survivors are her husband; brother, Eugene S. Campi Jr.; sons: Woody and Joseph; daughter, Carole Anne Michelson; grandchildren: Cheri Thornton, of Elko, Tony Pearce, of Gardnerville, Molly Makley, of Folsom, CA, Matthew Makley, of Phoenix, AZ, Luke and Michelle Michelsen, of Smith Valley, Corinne Charlotte Pearce and Owen Pearce, of Alexandria, VA; and great-grandchildren: Jeffery and Steven Pearce, of Gardnerville, and Mikiah and Alijah Makley, of Phoenix, AZ.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary's Hospice of Northern Nevada, 3264 Goni Road, Suite 151, Carson City, NV 89706.
FitzHenry's Carson valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Pearce died Feb. 3, 2003 at Carson Valley Residential Care Center. She was born Aug. 22, 1918 in Oakland, California, to Eugene S. Sr. and Rena Vander Naillen Campi.
She attended Holy Names College, where she earned a bachelor's degree in education and graduated with high honors and distinction. She married Elwood F. Pearce in 1941.
Mrs. Pearce moved to South Lake Tahoe in 1956 and taught elementary school in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District for more than 20 years. She was an accomplished classical pianist, an active member in St. Gall's Parish community, and enjoyed playing bridge.
She was preceded in death by stepbrother, Buck Brockoff; and stepsister, Madeline Andrews.
Among her survivors are her husband; brother, Eugene S. Campi Jr.; sons: Woody and Joseph; daughter, Carole Anne Michelson; grandchildren: Cheri Thornton, of Elko, Tony Pearce, of Gardnerville, Molly Makley, of Folsom, CA, Matthew Makley, of Phoenix, AZ, Luke and Michelle Michelsen, of Smith Valley, Corinne Charlotte Pearce and Owen Pearce, of Alexandria, VA; and great-grandchildren: Jeffery and Steven Pearce, of Gardnerville, and Mikiah and Alijah Makley, of Phoenix, AZ.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary's Hospice of Northern Nevada, 3264 Goni Road, Suite 151, Carson City, NV 89706.
FitzHenry's Carson valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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