Pearl graduated from Colesburg High School, and taught country school for a short time. She was united in marriage to Stanley Ross on July 19, 1928 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. They made their home in the Colesburg area for many years. Stanley died on June 1, 1967. Pearl eventually moved to Edgewood where she has remained until her death. Pearl was a life-long member of the United Methodist Church and its women's groups, she loved to read and enjoyed music.
Survivors include her two daughters, Mary Hagensick, Edgewood and Joyce Engelken and her husband Martin, Essex Junction, Vermont; her son, Bill Ross, LaBelle, Florida; nine grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; a brother Burdette "Pat" Holthaus and his wife Gloria, Martell, Iowa; and numerous nieces, cousins, nephews. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, and nine brothers and sisters.
Services were held at 11 AM Saturday May 13, 2000 at Trinity United Methodist Church, of Edgewood with Rev. Kent Newlon officiating. Interment was at Zion Cemetery, Colesburg, IA.
Source: The Edgewood (Iowa) Reminder,16 May 2000, page 6.
Pearl graduated from Colesburg High School, and taught country school for a short time. She was united in marriage to Stanley Ross on July 19, 1928 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. They made their home in the Colesburg area for many years. Stanley died on June 1, 1967. Pearl eventually moved to Edgewood where she has remained until her death. Pearl was a life-long member of the United Methodist Church and its women's groups, she loved to read and enjoyed music.
Survivors include her two daughters, Mary Hagensick, Edgewood and Joyce Engelken and her husband Martin, Essex Junction, Vermont; her son, Bill Ross, LaBelle, Florida; nine grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; a brother Burdette "Pat" Holthaus and his wife Gloria, Martell, Iowa; and numerous nieces, cousins, nephews. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, and nine brothers and sisters.
Services were held at 11 AM Saturday May 13, 2000 at Trinity United Methodist Church, of Edgewood with Rev. Kent Newlon officiating. Interment was at Zion Cemetery, Colesburg, IA.
Source: The Edgewood (Iowa) Reminder,16 May 2000, page 6.
Family Members
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Faith Lenore Holthaus Crawford
1905–1981
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Marvin Edward Holthaus
1907–1979
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Harley Holthaus
1908–1960
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Bernice Anna Christina Holthaus Daake
1910–1991
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Ethel Dorine Holthaus
1911–1911
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Infant Male Holthaus
1913–1913
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Stanley Clinton Holthaus
1914–1975
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Merle Edwin Holthaus
1916–1957
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Burdette Charles "Pat" Holthaus
1918–2003
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Leland Clark "Toby" Holthaus
1924–1961
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