Barbara B. Pierson (1924-2002)

PIERSON

Posted By: Transcriber2
Date: 12/18/2002 at 09:59:37

Published Monday
December 16, 2002
The Daily Nonpareil

Barbara B. Pierson

Barbara Belle (Musgrove) Pierson, 78, of Plattsmouth Manor died Dec. 15 at Plattsmouth Manor in Plattsmouth, Neb.

She was born Dec. 5, 1924, in Selkirk, Kan., to James F. and Grace A. (Egly) Cheney. She previously lived in Council Bluffs. She graduated from Iowa Western Community College. She was an insurance agent for John Hancock Insurance, and she formerly worked for Picker Medical and Hinky Dinky Stores. She was a member of Missouri Lions Club and Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Leroy; two daughters, Sue Finkle and husband, Terry, of Omaha and Kath Colborn of Loveland, Colo.; two sons, James Cheney and wife, Anna, of Glenwood and Gary Musgrove and wife, Debbie, of Shelby; three sisters, Helen Beaugh of Ft. Collins, Colo., Charlotte Thompson of Arkansas and Yvonne Frederick and husband, Bob, of Ft. Collins; two brothers, Glen Cheney and wife, Marjorie, of Delta, Colo., and Eldon Cheney and wife, Jeannie, of Missouri; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Ridgewood Cemetery. Cutler-O'Neill-Meyer-Woodring Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be offered to Creighton University Neurology Department of Aging.