Pearl Letta (Shearer) Armbrest (1966)

ARMBREST, SHEARER, ROBISON, HARRAH, JACKSON, BLACK

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 11/11/2012 at 15:02:42

Winterset Madisonian – December 7, 1966
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Triple Funeral Services Held Here For Accident Victims

Mrs. Pearl L. Armbrest, a well known resident of the Winterset community, was killed last Wednesday, Nov. 30 in an automobile collision on a rural road, a mile northeast of Renwick in Wright county.

Also killed in the crash were her granddaughter, Mrs. Gerald Harrah of Renwick, who was driving the car, and Mrs. Harrah’s 5-year-old son, Randall Lee. Mrs. Harrah was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Robison of Winterset.

The accident occurred when a car driven by Maurice Martin of Renwick struck the car driven by Mrs. Harrah at a rural intersection.

Funeral services for all three victims of the crash were held Saturday from the Blake Funeral home in Renwick, after which the bodies were brought to Winterset where triple funeral services were held Sunday from the Collins Funeral home here. The Rev. William E. Bowles, pastor of the First Christian church at Winterset conducted the services here. Burial for all three was made in the Winterset cemetery.

Mrs. Armbrest was the widow of Charles Armbrest, well-known Winterset business man, who had preceded her in death. She was the former Pearl Shearer, daughter of Walter and Pearletta St. John Shearer, and was born in this county May 20, 1893. She was 72 years of age at her death.

She was a member of the Christian Church here.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Curtis Robison of Winterset; a grandson; four great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Marie Jackson and Mrs. Ethel Black; and five brothers, Orrie, Clifford, Virgil, Ralph and Wilbur Shearer.

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