Wife of Joseph Henry Pierson.
Dallas Times
13 February 1952
Mrs. Louis(e) Witwer Pierson, 74, daughter of a Dallas postmaster appointed by President Benjamin Harrison in 1889, died Tuesday afternoon in a St. Louis, Mo. hospital. She had been a resident of Carrollton, Ill., since moving from Dallas after her marriage to J. H. Pierson about fifty-four years ago. Mrs. Pierson was visiting her sons in St. Louis when she became ill.
Her father, John Studebaker Witwer, was related to the Studebaker family for which the Studebaker automobiles were named, and also was a member of the early Dallas community.
Funeral services and burial will be in Carrollton, Ill., Wednesday afternoon.
Surviving are four sons, Stuart Pierson, Ornam Pierson, and David Pierson, all of St. Louis, and Henry Pierson, Evanston, Ill.; a brother, J. W. Witwer of Dallas, and four grandsons.
(Obituary provided by Denise Witwer Lahr)
Dallas Times
13 February 1952
Mrs. Louis(e) Witwer Pierson, 74, daughter of a Dallas postmaster appointed by President Benjamin Harrison in 1889, died Tuesday afternoon in a St. Louis, Mo. hospital. She had been a resident of Carrollton, Ill., since moving from Dallas after her marriage to J. H. Pierson about fifty-four years ago. Mrs. Pierson was visiting her sons in St. Louis when she became ill.
Her father, John Studebaker Witwer, was related to the Studebaker family for which the Studebaker automobiles were named, and also was a member of the early Dallas community.
Funeral services and burial will be in Carrollton, Ill., Wednesday afternoon.
Surviving are four sons, Stuart Pierson, Ornam Pierson, and David Pierson, all of St. Louis, and Henry Pierson, Evanston, Ill.; a brother, J. W. Witwer of Dallas, and four grandsons.
(Obituary provided by Denise Witwer Lahr)
Wife of Joseph Henry Pierson.
Dallas Times
13 February 1952
Mrs. Louis(e) Witwer Pierson, 74, daughter of a Dallas postmaster appointed by President Benjamin Harrison in 1889, died Tuesday afternoon in a St. Louis, Mo. hospital. She had been a resident of Carrollton, Ill., since moving from Dallas after her marriage to J. H. Pierson about fifty-four years ago. Mrs. Pierson was visiting her sons in St. Louis when she became ill.
Her father, John Studebaker Witwer, was related to the Studebaker family for which the Studebaker automobiles were named, and also was a member of the early Dallas community.
Funeral services and burial will be in Carrollton, Ill., Wednesday afternoon.
Surviving are four sons, Stuart Pierson, Ornam Pierson, and David Pierson, all of St. Louis, and Henry Pierson, Evanston, Ill.; a brother, J. W. Witwer of Dallas, and four grandsons.
(Obituary provided by Denise Witwer Lahr)
Dallas Times
13 February 1952
Mrs. Louis(e) Witwer Pierson, 74, daughter of a Dallas postmaster appointed by President Benjamin Harrison in 1889, died Tuesday afternoon in a St. Louis, Mo. hospital. She had been a resident of Carrollton, Ill., since moving from Dallas after her marriage to J. H. Pierson about fifty-four years ago. Mrs. Pierson was visiting her sons in St. Louis when she became ill.
Her father, John Studebaker Witwer, was related to the Studebaker family for which the Studebaker automobiles were named, and also was a member of the early Dallas community.
Funeral services and burial will be in Carrollton, Ill., Wednesday afternoon.
Surviving are four sons, Stuart Pierson, Ornam Pierson, and David Pierson, all of St. Louis, and Henry Pierson, Evanston, Ill.; a brother, J. W. Witwer of Dallas, and four grandsons.
(Obituary provided by Denise Witwer Lahr)
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