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K. Jane Pearson

Kathryn Jane Pearson, 87, of Gas City, IN, and having family members in Warren, IN, died Saturday, July 18, 2015.

Mrs. Pearson was a graduate of Gas City High School and worked the main switchboard at Indiana Bell Telephone from 1946 to 1957. She also sewed for the Gas City Police Department and the Marion VA Hospital. She was a member of Eastview Wesleyan Church.

She was born July 18, 1928, in Gas City to Harry and Hazel Stump Young. She married William Pearson on Dec. 31, 1954, and he survives.

Additional survivors include three daughters, Sally (Dan) Leach, of Gas City; Sara (Ray) Dalrymple, of Omaha, NE; and Alice (Mike) Shively, of Marion; four sons, William “Bill” Pearson and James Pearson, both of Gas City; Philip (Tammy) Pearson, of Marion; and Scott (Christa) Pearson, of Warren; two sisters, Doris (Herman) Croy, of Fort Wayne, and Evelyn Bledsoe, of Gas City; 14 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

A service will be held Thursday, July 23, 2015, at 12:30 p.m., with calling one hour prior to the service, at Needham-Storey-Wampner Funeral Service, Storey Chapel, 400 E. Main St., Gas City. Rev. Mark Atkinson will officiate. Calling is Wednesday, July 22, 2015, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at Marion National Cemetery.

Memorial gifts may be made to Methodist Health Foundation, PO Box 7168, Indianapolis, IN 46207, designated for the Organ Transplant Fund.

Online condolences may be made at www.nswcares.com.