Muriel G. (Davis) Pierce (2010)

PIERCE, DAVIS, TIPPETS, OLEARY, NOEL, PETERMAN

Posted By: Shirley Keating (email)
Date: 1/28/2010 at 21:53:46

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
January 27, 2010

MURIEL PIERCE, WINTERSET

Muriel G. Pierce died Friday, Jan. 22, at West Bridge Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was 88.

Graveside services will be held Thursday, Jan. 28, in North Attleboro, Mass.

Muriel Davis was born Jan. 21, 1922, in Concord, NH, to Mildred and Merton Davis.

She had nine brothers and sisters.

She was married to Bill Pierce for 68 years and had six children. Muriel and Bill celebrated their 68th anniversary last summer at West Bridge Care Center in Winterset. She was a lifelong homemaker and care giver to family and friends.

She was preceded in death by six brothers and sisters, a grandson and a great-grandson.

Survivors include her husband, Bill Pierce of Winterset; four sons, Tim Pierce of Winterset, Richard Pierce of Eden Prairie, Minn, Alfred Pierce of Boyd, Minn., and Edward and Sherrie Pierce of Franklin, NH; two daughters, Kathlyn Tippets of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and Sara O'Leary of Gilford, NH; two sisters, Gwen Noel of Culver, Ind.; and Winona Peterman of Mocksville, NC; a brother, Norman Davis of Paris, Texas; one sister-in-law; 19 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be directed to West Bridge Care and Rehabilitation Center, 1015 W. Summit, Winterset IA 50273 (Attn: Sara Smith).