Eva May Pearson
Eva May Worrall Pearson, 79, died on November, 15 2012 at the Taylor House in Des Moines, IA. Funeral services will be held on Monday, November 19, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. at the Prairie City First Christian Church with burial following at Waveland Cemetery. Visitation will take place on Sunday, November 18, 2012, from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. at Coburn Funeral Home in Prairie City. Memorials may be directed to the First Christian Church in Prairie City or Taylor House - Hospice. Condolences may be left for the family at wwe.coburnfuneralhomes.com. Eva May, was born October 5, 1933 in Knoxville Iowa; daughter of Delmar and Mary Lasley Worrall. She was baptized by submersion at the Knoxville Christian Church. Eva graduated from Knoxville High School in 1951. She married Johnnie Young Pearson of Knoxville, Iowa on December 30th, 1951. She worked in Iowa City at the Children's Hospital with her sister Twilla, for 18 months. Johnnie and Eva made their home in Prairie City in 1958 where they raised their children. She worked at the First National Bank of Prairie City for many years. Johnnie and Eva attended the Christian Church of Prairie City, where Eva taught Sunday school for many...[more]View Full Online Obituary and Tributes
ars. Eva felt strongly that God blessed her immensely, even through the many challenges that life brought their way. Her faith remained strong throughout. She is lovingly remembered and survived by sons Mike & Doreen Pearson, of Ankeny, and Steve & Mary Pearson, of Newton, Iowa; grandchildren, Trent Pearson of Des Moines, Ben & Michelle (Pearson) Cole of West Des Moines, Lee & Thep Pearson of Des Moines, and Bobby & Beth (Pearson) Baetzel of Chicago; four great grand children Carter & Sophie Pearson of Des Moines, and Sarah & Maryn Cole of West Des Moines. Eva was blessed with seven siblings, and many nephews and nieces that she will miss her very much. Eva was proceeded in death by her husband, Johnnie Pearson (June, 2001), her son, Gregory Pearson (January, 1967), both of her parents, and two brothers, Delmar Arthur Worrall and Phillip Worrall.
