Merle Beatrice Speers

2006 - 2002

• Name	Merle Beatrice Speers  [1]
  Death	17 Feb 2002	Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota   [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	23 Jan 2006	Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Pleasant View Cemetery, Harrisburg, Lincoln, South Dakota   [1]
  Person ID	I219945	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Alvin Clayton Speers,   b. 4 Oct 1877, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois d. 15 Aug 1950, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Clara Jeanette Pengra,   b. 2 Nov 1879, Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin d. Mar 1973 (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	1899  [4]
  Family ID	F85984	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ted Fred E. Piearson,   b. 8 Mar 1904, South Dakota d. 27 Feb 1995 (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1926  [3]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F87081	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2018

  
  

• Notes

  The Rapid City Journal (SD) February 16, 2002 RAPID CITY - Merle B. Piearson, 96, Rapid City and formerly of Parker, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2002, at a Rapid City nursing home. Survivors include one son, Don Piearson, Rapid City; one brother, Glenn Speers, White Owl; and three grandchildren. _____ Find-a-Grave Merle was born Jan. 23, 1906 to Alvin and Clara (Pengra) Speers. On Oct. 15, 1926, she was united in marriage to Fred "Ted" Piearson at Sioux Falls. She attended the Dickinsons Secretarial School. In 1933 they move to Parker. She had worked for the Shaffer Creamery, Turner County Treasurers Office, and for the ASCA Office for 25 years, retiring in 1973. She was a member of several bowling leagues, the Parker Saddle Club, the Sioux Square Dance Culb and the United Methodist Church. Merle graduated from Washington High School in 1926.

  
  

• Sources

  [S56636] Cemetery index, Pleasant View Cemetery, Harrisburg, Lincoln, South Dakota, (Find-a-Grave). [S56637] Obituary, The Rapid City Journal (SD) , Merle Piearson, (February 18, 2002). [S56638] Obituary, Find-a-Grave, Merle Piearson. [S56609] 1900 census, South Dakota, Hutchinson county, Year: 1900; Census Place: Susquchanna, Hutchinson, South Dakota; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0183 (Reliability: 3).