"Janyce, I am thinking about you and your family and wishing you hope and comfort in the midst of your pain. And many memories to keep your Mother close to you forever. I will keep your family in my thoughts and prayers."
In loving memory of
Bessie G. Pearlman
June 11, 1915 - May 12, 2008
BESSIE PEARLMAN DES MOINES, Iowa - Bessie Grant Pearlman, 92, formerly of Muscatine, passed away Monday, May 12, 2008, at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. Graveside Service will be 1:00 pm Thursday, May 15, 2008, at the Banai Moses Cemetery. Rabbi Henry Karp of the Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Davenport, will officiate. Casket bearers will be Zachary Myers, Jeremy Myers, Joshua Vetter, Lenaiya Vetter, Gabriel Weber, and Joseph Connolly. Burial will be in Banai Moses Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:30 12:30 pm Thursday, May 15, 2008, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Musser Public Library. Online condolences for the Pearlman family may be left at www.wittichfuneralhome.com. Bessie was born on June 11, 1915, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Joseph and Lena Klietz Grant. She married Dr. Jack L. Pat Pearlman on May 22, 1942, in Cedar Rapids. He preceded her in death in 1997 after 56 years of marriage. She was a graduate of Muscatine High School. She grew up in Davenport, where she was head bookkeeper for Tenabaum's Grocery Store (later Eagle Foods) until her marriage in 1942, when she moved to Muscatine. She lived for several years in Iowa City before moving to Des Moines, in 1999. She was a strong community member of Muscatine. She owned two separate businesses, The Knitting Nook and The Gift Shop. She supported community theatre and the public library and participated in the "Know Your Neighbor" inter-racial and inter-denominational city wide-panels in the 1960s. Survivors include four daughters Francine Weber of Des Moines, Janyce Myers of Des Moines, Karen Green of Carrollton, Texas, and Nancy Vetter and husband Dean of Des Moines; seven grandchildren; and one great granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and one brother Sol.
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"Janyce and family, I am very saddened to hear of your mother passing. My thoughts and prayers are with you all. If there is anything at all you need, please do not hesitate to ask, now or down the road. Always, Michele"
"Nancy,Jane,Fran, Karen and family, It saddened me to hear about your mom. I know how much my mom valued their friendship. May you find comfort and peace knowing you were able to spend so many years of quality time together when it mattered the most. Those memories will memories comfort you through the next days, weeks, and months."