Obituary of Pearl Pease

Pearl Pease, 82, of Harpursville, N.Y., died Monday morning, December 16, 2002 at Binghamton General Hospital. She was predeceased by her daughter, Audrey Gillette. She is survived by her children, Linda Ferranti, Harpursville, June and Alan Dawrant, Chicago, Ill., Rodney and Karen Pease, Tex.; 10 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Thelma Merrill, Harpursville, Ruth and Ray Lockwood, Fla.; sister-in-law, Catherine Pease; dear friend, Mary Reynolds; many nieces and nephews. She will be fondly missed by the residents and staff of Grow Home, Nineveh. Pearl was a member of the Ouaquaga Methodist Church, Ouaquaga. Funeral and interment services will be held at the J.A. McCormack Sons Funeral Home, 141 Main St., Binghamton, Thursday, at 11 a.m. Rev. Ernest A. Steffensen will officiate. Burial will be in Knox Cemetery, Ouaquaga, in the spring. The family will receive friends at the McCormack Funeral Home Thursday from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to the Ouaquaga Methodist Church, Ouaquaga, N.Y. 13787, or the S.O.S. Shelter, 1201 E. Main St., Endicott, N.Y. 13760.