Obituary of Pearle Minor
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West Liberty, Iowa
Pearle B. Minor, 93, passed away Tuesday November 10, 2015 at the Simpson Memorial Home in West Liberty.
Memorial service will be held 11:00 A.M., Saturday, May 21, 2016 at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Liberty with a visitation being held from 9:30 until service time. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarkerfuneralhome.com.
Pearle was born January 16, 1922 in Cedar County, Iowa the daughter of Harry L. and Erna (Jehle) Schooley. She attended West Liberty Schools and several short-course Accounting Schools. Her career as a bookkeeper spanned thirty-five years, with the first five years of her employment spent in Iowa City. She moved to West Liberty in 1947. On December 30, 1956 she was united in marriage to Rex S. Minor, and lived in the home where she was born until 1999. She then moved to West Liberty. She was very active in community affairs, including the Cedar County Farm Bureau, First Church United of West Liberty, and was a dedicated volunteer at Simpson Memorial Home. Many hours of piano music were enjoyed by the residents when Pearle came to play. Her most important activity was caring for her parents at Simpson as her mother lived to into her late 90's and her father was over 100.
She is survived by her son Harry Lee Rogers of Dearborn, Michigan, stepson Kenneth (Linda) Minor of West Liberty, grandsons Harry Robert (Carissa) Rogers of Lancaster, Missouri, Kevin Minor of West Liberty and Chad Eric (Amanda) Minor of Houston, Texas, great grandchildren Erin Rogers, Jaci Rogers, Shania Minor, Kurtis Minor and a special friend Ed Holst of Wilton.