Vera Pearl Tyson 1903-1999
TYSON, FISCHER, HITTLE
Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 4/30/2009 at 00:04:29
Onawa Democrat
21 October 1999Vera Pearl Tyson, 96, of Onawa, Ia, died Tuesday, October 12, 1999, at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Whiting, Iowa.
Mrs Tyson was born June 22, 1903 at Kennebec, Iowa, the daughter of Andrew and Fanny (Fischer) Hittle. She spent all of her life in the Onawa area. She attended country school through the eighth grade in rural Onawa. On September 21, 1923, she married John M Tyson at Elk Point, SD. Mr Tyson died January 16, 1992 at Whiting.
She was a member of the First Christian Church in Onawa and was a past member of the Rebekah Lodge #222 in Onawa. She enjoyed crocheting, fishing and traveling.
Survivors include; one son and his wife, James and Nancy Tyson of Onawa; two daughters, Margaret Ann Kreger of Onawa and Jeanne and her husband, Dale Polly of Whiting; 15 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren; and one sister-in-law, Ida Hittle of Salem, Or.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband; a daughter, Marian Buchberger; one son-in-law, Dale Kreger; one great grandson, Joshua Buchberger; and three brothers, Clarence, Claude and Alfred; and one sister, Ruby Nikolaisen.
Graveside funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 15, 1999, at the Onawa Cemetery, Onawa, Iowa, with Pastor Donald R Ludwick officiating.
Casket bearers were James Polly, Edward Polly, Larry Kreger, Chris Kreger, Terry Tyson and John Buchberger.
Interment was in the Onawa Cemetery, Onawa, Ia, with arrangements by Pearson Funeral Home, Onawa, Ia.
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