FAMILY STORIES

   On August 20, 1915, he started practice at Memphis and on September 14, 1920, moved his office to Ashland. He continued his practice of 40 years until the time of his death on June 6, 1956.

   On September 21, 1915 he married Mabel Cutter of Bethany. They had 1 daughter, Virginia (Mrs. Harold M. Booher), and 2 grandsons, James M. and Robert V.

   Dr. Packer volunteered during the first World War as an army doctor and was stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas. He later served as commander of Ashland Legion Post No. 129. He was also a member of Pomegranate Lodge 110 A.F. & A.M.

   Dr. and Mrs. Packer transferred their membership to the First Christian Church when they moved to Ashland.

   He was vitally interested in athletics, first playing on the town team, helping the coach and at times acting as referee. He gave medical attention to the school's athletic teams many years and for this service he was honored. Another honor he received was being crowned king of Stir-Up in 1955.

   Raymond C. Pacl, son of Joseph and Clara Kaspar Pacl, was born December 1, 1889 on a farm near Prague, Nebraska. He was one of seven children. He married Rose M. Kaspar, daughter of John J. and Barbara Sedlacek Kaspar, in Saint John's Church, Prague, Nebr.

   We farmed near Linwood, Nebr. until we moved to Rescue, Nebr. where Ray owned and operated a grain elevator. A fire destroyed the elevator in 1932. We moved to Prague where he was in the tavern business and later worked for the railroad. Ray passed away on December 31, 1970.

   We have three daughters: Mrs. Joseph (Viola) Nanfito, Omaha, Nebr.; Mrs. Andrew (Norma) Murren, Colon, Nebr.; and Mrs. Dwain (Donna) Ohnoutka, Lincoln, Nebr.

   There are ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

   I attend St. John's Church in Prague, Nebr. and am a member of the Rosary Society. Submitted by Rose M. Pacl

   Edward Pacula and his wife, Emily, still reside on the same farm near Weston where Edward was born.

   They were married in 1958 and have six children; Dorothy (Benck), Nancy (Huisman), JoAnn, LeRoy, Lyle, and Larry. They also have one grandson, Larry Alan Huisman.

   Edward's parents were Anton Pacula and Anna (Styskal) Pacula. Emily's parents were James Havlovic and Tillie (Koranda) Havlovic. Edward served in the Korean War and is a member of the American Legion. Edward and Emily are members of St. John's Catholic Church in Weston. Submitted by Edward Pacula

   Mary Magdelene Caroline Butler eloped from Emerson, Neb. with Civil War Veteran August Augustus Palmer. Mr. Palmer had been working on the farm of George and Phoebe McCurdy Butler, parents of his new bride-to-be.

   They traveled by covered wagon to Omaha where they were married. They continued their journey to Wahoo where a friend, Jake Yarmon, lived across the street east from the front door of the new courthouse. The newlyweds spent the night there.

   Both the Butler family and the Palmer family had formerly lived in Harrisburg, Pa. Phoebe McCurdy Butler could trace her ancestry to Edward Doty who came over on the Mayflower and had signed the Mayflower Compact.

Palmer-Mathis Residence; Mr. and Mrs. Palmer and Doris

   Mary and August (often referred to as A.A.) Palmer rented a home on College Hill. About a year later, a daughter, Doris Leona, was born to this union. Soon thereafter, the Palmers purchased a house and two lots at 539 East 7th St. Mr. Palmer drove the oil wagon, selling kerosene, oil and gasoline to residents of Wahoo and surrounding areas. He used his team of horses to plow gardens and worked as caretaker for three cemeteries in the area. He helped with the masonry work and carpentry on the First Congregational Church at 8th and Linden.

   The family were members of the Congregational Church.

   During the next six years, three more children were born to Mary and August Palmer. They were Elva Augusta, Elbert Quinton and Edree Elizebeth.

   That's where I came in.

   I was three years old on the 9th of August, 1915. My father passed away on August l5th of that year.

   Mother remained in the home place, occupied with the raising of the four children in a loving Christian atmosphere. She now owned one more lot. She raised fruit trees, had a large garden and raised chickens. She sold our cow and horses after Dad died. She canned and sewed and was able to manage finances so that her children never felt a lack.

   I have fond memories of 4-H clubs and participation in county and state fairs, ice cream socials, church activities and especially the picnics at Berggren's grove. There were not many toys at our house but plenty of games like "Ante Over," "Heavy heavy hangs over thy head," sledding down the hill on a sled my brother had built, or riding on a cart pulled by my brother's billy goat, to name a few. There were always pets in our home.

   I, the youngest, was the first married. I married Charles William "Red" Mathis whose birthplace was Indianapolis, Ind. We had five children: Charles William Jr. (Bud), Magdelene Ruth (Peggy), Inice Arlene, Robert Lawrence and James Benson.

   My husband died in 1973. My three sons live in the Wahoo area and I see them often. Peggy lives in Mo. and Inice live in Calif. I visit my daughters and their families at least once a year and they come home as often as possible.

   My sister Elva had one son, Kenneth W. Logan. For the past 32 years she has been married to Guy O. Best. They presently live in Omaha as does her son and his family and my oldest sister, Doris Welton.

   My brother, Elbert "Jelly," passed away in January, 1980. His wife preceded him in death. Their four children were Priscilla, Cynthia, Augustus "Gus" and Regina.

   Today I have grandchildren and great-grandchildren, grandnieces and nephews and great-grandnieces and nephews. They don't all live in Saunders County or even in Nebraska. Some are overseas. But because of the love generated in this home by my parents, our family ties have remained very close and dear.

   My husband's work consisted mainly of construction jobs and truck driving. In 1944 and '45, he managed Dance Island and the swimming pool at the old Wanahoo Park. We both worked at the Nebraska Ordnance plant during the war years. Later I worked at various jobs until I earned my Practical Nursing Degree and was employed by the Saunders County Community Hospital in 1967 until retirement in 1980.

   Our children were born in depression years when money was so scarce. Their dad always built good sturdy play equipment for them. We took short family drives on Sundays. The children squealed with delight when we traveled the "Jack Rabbit Hills" which were the little short hills around the Wahoo area. We took the children to "free" outdoor movies at Mead or Weston and swam with them in the creek in those early years.

   My mother died in 1949. My husband and I bought the home place in which I still reside. Remodeling began anew.

   My sister, Elva, and I were born in this house and so was our brother, Elbert. My two oldest children were born in that same bedroom as was my nephew, Kenneth.

   We've celebrated many holidays and other special occasions here at 539 East 7th. Marriages, christenings and the deaths of loved ones have taken place here.

   I doubt that when my parents purchased this they could have dreamed that five generations would experience in it so many precious moments. "This old house" is very dear to me and to so many of our friends and relatives. Submitted by Edree E. Mathis

   John and Elizabeth Parmenter moved from England to America in 1833. They brought nine children. John Jr. remained in England. Three children had died. Their home was called Wanson Farm, Land's End, Wales. It took them six weeks to cross the Atlantic by sailboat.

   The seventh child, Sampson, married Mary Westlake. They had eight children: Elizabeth, Isabella, George, Mary, baby boy who died, Alexander, Phillip, and a baby girl who died in 1852. The mother died at her birth. Sampson Parmenter was remarried to Margaret Beatty. Their children were William, Andrew, and Charles Grant. Sampson and Margaret Parmenter are buried in the Parmenter Cemetery south of Yutan. The cemetery land was given for such by their son, George.

   All of the family eventually moved to Nebraska and settled in eastern Saunders County.

   My grandfather was George Parmenter. After serving in the Civil War he married Ellen Ralstin. They were the first of the family to come to Nebraska. The Parmenters had a daughter, Mary, and a baby boy who was born when Ellen died. They were raised by her brother and wife. She and several small children are buried at Carr Cemetery, now called Clear Creek Cemetery. Their first home was 14 by 20 feet with an attic and an unwalled cellar.

   On Dec. 18, 1873, George married Lillie Belle Brisham, a cousin of Ellen. Their children were Viola, Daisy, Harry, and Blanche.

   Mr. Parmenter herded cattle in the winter and was known as a stockman. He would care for neighbors' cattle during the winter, herding them, and they would pay him with calves. Thus, he would increase his herd.

   The Parmenters helped establish the Plainview Christian Church. Before then, folks would gather at the school for services.

   After the marriage of their son, Harry, to Myrtle Hulfish, Sept. 17, 1902, they retired to Bethany, Nebr., a community that drew many of the Parmenters and neighbors. Cotner College was the college for many of their children.

   Daisy died at age seventeen and is buried at the Clear Creek Cemetery by a small sister, Estella. A young brother, Carl, is buried in the Parmenter Cemetery. Viola married George Vorse. They had seven children: Robert, Clyde, Irwin, Guy, Leta, Helen, and May.

   Blanche Parmenter married Stephen Epler. Their children were Bruce (deceased), Stephen, Irene, and Paul.

   Harry Parmenter lived on the Parmenter "home place" until his death Oct. 10, 1952.

   I, Annabelle Yocum, am the only child of Harry and Myrtle (Hulfish) Parmenter. My family is the last of the Parmenters in Saunders County. We lost our son, Harry E. Yocum, in a plane crash in 1966.

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He and Mary Lou (Killeen) had a daughter, Tami. Our daughter, Catherine Dunton, and Mr. Dunton and sons, Bruce and Jed, Mr. Yocum, and I live on the first Parmenter property. Our grandsons are the sixth generation living here as George Parmenter had a home for his parents on this place.

   As with all the families, we could write pages and pages about our families. We are pleased to have this much history to cherish. Submitted by Annabelle Yocum

   Ron was born to Joseph C. and Reta C. (Pabian) Paseka on May 31, 1947 in North Bend, Nebraska. Debbie was born to Joseph C. and Zdenka G. (Kaspar) Urban on September 21, 1952 in Wahoo, Nebraska. We were both baptized into St. John's Catholic Church and attended 8 years of grade school at St. John's Catholic School. Our High School days were spent at Prague High School. Ron graduated in 1965 and I, in 1970.

Ron Paseka Family

   Ron spent 3 years in the U.S. Navy, spending time in California and Vietnam, and on the U.S.S. Tolovana.

   I attended Lincoln School of Dental Assisting, graduating in August of 1971.

   We started dating in July of 1970 and were married November 27, 1971. We have four children. Sherri Lyn was born on August 13, 1972, the birthday of her great-grandfather, Charles Kaspar, and her uncle, Randy Paseka. Wendy Jo was born August 18, 1975. Amy Christine was born on October 14, 1978. On January 3, 1983, we were blessed with a son. We named him Michael Ronald. All our children were born in Wahoo, Nebraska.

   Ron and I are active in church activities. Ron has been trustee for the 1981-82 term. He is a member of the St. John's Building Committee. We are all members of the Catholic Workman. Ron is president of our Prague Branch, No. 13. He is also state treasurer for the Catholic Workman.

   Ron is also a member of the Prague Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad and the Prague Area Jaycees for the past 10 years. He is also a member of the Village Town Board and the Prague American Legion Post #254.

   I am a member of the Parish Council of Catholic Women, serving as past secretary, and a member of the St. John's Altar Society. I have been a member of the Prague American Legion Auxiliary and the girls are also Junior Members.

   The girls attend Prague Public School and attend C.C.D. classes at our church.

   We have lived in Prague all our lives and enjoy the small town living. Submitted by Debbie Paseka

   Henry Hans Paulsen was born in Tipton, Kansas on August 17, 1879. His mother, Caroline Witte, was born in Hanover, Germany on April 20, 1848 and came to Clarence, Iowa in 1867. There she met Hans Paulsen who was born in Germany on September 18, 1836. They were married in 1868 and moved to Tipton where four children were born, only to die from diptheria within one month during the spring of 1879. On August 17 of that year, Henry was born. Tragedy continued the following year when Hans died from typhoid fever on September 23, 1880. Caroline and her year-old son remained on the farm for two years and, in 1882, she sold the farm and came to the home of Hans' sister, Mrs. Peter Wageman, in Yutan. There she met and married John F. Kolb in 1882.

Henry and Anna Paulsen

   Henry grew up in John Kolb's house and was the musician of the family. He could play almost any instrument but his love was the violin. He played trumpet and violin for dances in Yutan, Leshara and many other places in the area.

   On February 7, 1906, he married Anna Nissen, the daughter of Chris and Christina Nissen. Their wedding was a festive occasion, attended by their many friends. Anna and Henry loved to dance.

   They started housekeeping on a 160 acre farm 4½ miles northwest of Yutan. In March of 1930 they moved to a farm northeast of town where they remained for several years.

   They had two children. Caroline Christine was born February 3, 1912. She graduated from Yutan High School in 1931. She was employed as a governess in Omaha, Nebraska and died in Omaha on March 18, 1933.

   Elaner Anna was born in January 18, 1919. She graduated from Yutan High School in 1936 and on May 18, 1944 she married Thomas Ira Crabtree. They had three children: Carol Ann married Robert Boyd Martin, Thomas Ira Jr. married Linda Kathleen Hast, and Christine Lee married Robert William Petry.

   Beside farming his land, Henry milked several cows and delivered milk to residents in Yutan. Elaner helped him deliver milk and also helped him in the fields. Anna churned butter and sold butter and eggs from her flock of chickens.

   Henry became ill in the spring of 1942 and succumbed to the complications of his illness on November 21, 1943.

   Anna stayed on the farm until 1945 and then moved into Yutan. She did housework for several women in Yutan and also worked at Miller's Cafe at Venice.

   Complications of varicosities resulted in the amputation of her right leg in June of 1961. Her physical condition deteriorated and she died on November 19, 1961 -- after she scrubbed her floor and baked a batch of cookies.

   Both Anna and Henry were well-known in the Yutan area and were much loved by the family and their friends. Submitted by Elaner Paulsen Crabtree

   My father, Carl Henry Lindgren, came to Saunders County from Galesbury, Illinois in March of 1876 with his parents, Nels Frederick and Anna (Walhstrom) Lindgren. They came with sixty dollars, a wagon, a couple of horses and a few household goods and started farming north of Wahoo. Their first house had no plastering; the stars were visible through the cracks between the boards at night. Fremont was their closest railroad station so they did most of their trading there. Wahoo consisted of only a few houses, a store and smithy shop.

   A year and a half later they built a sod house on the land they bought from the railroad for six dollars and thirty cents an acre, west of Wahoo. For two years the grasshoppers took all of the crop. To provide food my grandfather walked to Fremont to work on the railroad and would carry home a sack of flour or other provisions on his back. Grandmother would go into the field to gather stalks to burn to keep the family warm, for there were no trees, just one vast prairie.

   The blizzard of 1888 struck at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The icy wind blew at a terrific rate and the snow fell as if in an avalanche. The children were at school and would freeze to death if left there all night. So my grandfather and a neighbor started out for the school house in a wagon and got all the children to a neighbor's house. They left them all there because they could get no further. The snow was so deep and getting colder. But my grandfather had to get home so started out to walk. He didn't think he was going to make it but did get as far as the house, and then collapsed. He was sick in bed for several months and never fully recovered.

   My mother was born in Aseda, Sweden and worked in Omaha for several years. She met my father at a Fourth of July picnic at Mead where she had come to visit her Uncle Challquist. They were married February 14, 1900 at the home of my father's parents. They lived on a farm between Malmo and Colon where their children Leonard, Darline, Clarine, and two who died in infancy were born. My mother told of the eerie color of the sky on Easter Sunday afternoon (1913) as we were getting ready to go to our children's program at Edensburg Church in Malmo where my father was Sunday School Superintendent for many years. I can remember my disappointment when, because of the impending storm, it was decided that only my father and brother would go to the program. Later we heard of the terrible destruction of the tornado in Omaha. My father died of peritonitis in August that year. He was taken by car to Immanuel Hospital in Omaha and the dust came up to the hub-cap at Valley -- such a dry year.

   The next year we moved to Wahoo. Of my early school days at the Model School at Luther Academy, I remember the imaginary trip to Alaska when Miss Elarth exploded our imaginations and made it more exciting than TV could do. I also remember many of us knitting washcloths for the World War I soldiers as we walked to the West Ward School.

   Fred Pearson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pearson, was born on March 24, 1941. He graduated from Wahoo High School in 1960, attended Milford Vocational School for a semester, and, after serving a year in the National Guard at Fort Leonard Wood, he joined his father in the masonry business.

   Mr. Pearson married Kathleen Rezac on October 22, 1963. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rezac of Cedar Bluffs, born March 26, 1942, who also attended Wahoo High and graduated in 1960. She was very active in 4-H for ten years and received many awards for her participation and achievement. Kathleen, whose goal was to become a nurse, went to St. Elizabeth's School of Nursing from which she graduated in August, 1963.

   The Pearsons built a new home in Wahoo at 416 W. 17th Street. They had two daughters, Renee, born September 1, 1964 and Nancy, born May 23, 1967. This year Renee is a freshman at the University of Nebraska and Nancy is a sophomore at Neumann High School.

   Mrs. Pearson has worked as a county nurse and was a staff nurse at the Wahoo Hospital. Taking time off from work, she attended the University of Nebraska and received her Bachelor of Science

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Degree in Nursing in 1978. She is now the head nurse of Skilled Care at Memorial Hospital in Fremont.

   Mr. Pearson has held the position of Maintenance Supervisor at the Jayhawk Box Company in Fremont for several years. In his leisure time he enjoys repairing cars.

   Since this history has been written, Kathy and Fred have been separated.

   In 1866, Christian Pearson came to America from Sweden. He married Johanna Olson in America, though she too had come from Sweden.

   Christian and Johanna homesteaded near Weston, Nebr. in Chapman Precinct. Christian grew the standard crops for the area and had livestock. They had an orchard and a small patch of tobacco. Johanna maintained a flower garden. Like most farmers of the area, Christian took wheat to a mill in Wahoo which was ground into flour for home use. They moved to Stocking Precinct in 1901. The children who lived to have families were Peter William (Will), Carl Oscar (C.O.), Paulina Mathilda (Lena), and Fritz Frithiof.

   Peter William (Will) married Clara Brodd (See the History of the Irvin Pearson Sr. Family) and farmed in Richland Precinct. They were married in 1901 in Laramie, Wyoming, but soon moved to Nebraska. To this union were born 4 children. Elmer, Herman, Edna and Irvin. Will died in 1920, and Clara in 1957. Elmer, who is deceased, married Sophia Heiser, and Edna married Julius Brostrom and moved to Oregon.

   Herman William Pearson married Thelma Ethel Frasier (daughter of Roscoe and Lola Frasier) in 1934. As a boy, Herman helped with the farming, but later became an auto mechanic and was in partnership with his brother Elmer at Pearson's Parts and Service in Ceresco. In 1971, Herman retired, and he and Thelma now reside in Ceresco. As a child, Thelma grew up on a farm east of Ceresco, and attended high school in Ceresco, where as a senior, she met Herman. To this union 3 daughters were born; Betty, Jane and Mary.

   Betty married Stanley Rudeen in 1958. Betty and Stan attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Betty was educated as a Home Economics teacher, and Stan as an architect. Stan joined the Navy, and flew jets that landed on carriers. He is now a pilot for United Airlines. They reside in Arvada, Colorado. They have 4 children.

   Jane married Ray Otto in June of 1960. They live on a farm near Ceresco. Jane attended Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, and was a teacher in schools in Omaha and Ceresco. Ray attended Luther College in Wahoo before joining the Navy. Ray farms east of Ceresco. They have 3 children.

   Mary married Lynn Maxson in 1969. They live in Ceresco, and have 2 sons. Mary attended Computer Programming school in Omaha after her graduation and is now a bookkeeper for Farmers Union Co-op Oil Assn. of Saunders Co. Lynn joined the Army, and served in the Vietnam War. He attended Doane College at Crete when he returned home. Now he drives the tank wagon truck, hauling fuel for Co-op of Ceresco.

   In 1908, Peter William and Clara Brodd Pearson moved to Richland Precinct, Section 20, to the farm which has been farmed by his descendants ever since.

   Irvin Leonard, their youngest child (following Elmer, Herman, and Edna), was born in 1909. He was a farmer all his life, and was born and died in the family farm home.

   In 1935, Irvin married Iradelle Lenore Engstrom. Her maternal grandparents, Brauer and Nellie Peterson, emigrated from Sweden about 1869, homesteading in Wahoo Precinct, Section 12, about one mile south and a mile east of where Mead is today. The Petersons came by train from Moline, Ill., as far as Fremont. From there they walked to their homestead, carrying all their possessions on their backs, at one point wading across the Platte River. They had eight children. Ida, fifth from the oldest, was born in 1878. She was married in 1898 to Leonard Engstrom, a farmer who had himself emigrated from Sweden. They had two children, Vincent (1903-1982) and Iradelle (b. 1905). Iradelle was a teacher in Brown County and Saunders County (Shakespeare School) before becoming a homemaker and farm wife.

   Irvin and Iradelle Pearson were married in 1935 and farmed and expanded the original homestead until Irvin's death in 1971. They had three children, Irvin Jr., William (Bill) and Rose Marie. Iradelle has lived at 221 W. Pine St. in Ceresco since 1977.

   Irvin L. Pearson, Jr. was born in 1937, and was educated as a teacher of music. He has been involved in church and community music and farms in partnership with his brother. He married Leanne Lunzmann of Auburn, also a music teacher, in 1967. They have two sons, David Leonard (b. 1970) and Kirk Eric (b. 1976). They live on the original Pearson family farm, Richland Precinct, Section 20.

   William Engstrom Pearson was born in 1942, educated in agricultural economics, and is now farming in Ceresco in partnership with his brother. He married Marcia Sutherland, an editor and journalist of Brockton, Mass., in 1969. They have two daughters, Erika Lynne (b. 1972) and Karen Marcia (b. 1976). They live in Richland Precinct, Section 20.

   Rose Marie Pearson was born in 1946, and was educated as a music teacher. She is a homemaker, piano teacher, and performing French horn player. In 1973 she married Sidney Swanson of Hildreth, an electrician. They have two sons, Crale Lee (b. 1977) and Craig Allen (b. 1978). The Swansons live in Richland Precinct, Section 18.

   I am Axel Pearson of Ceresco, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nels R. Pearson. My mother was Hilda Nelson who came with her sisters from Sweden in 1888 and experienced a severe snowstorm that year that many old timers remember. She returned to Sweden to encourage her fiance, N.R. Pearson, to come to America with her in 1889. They all came to the Nels Eliason home. Mother's sisters were Lena (Mrs. Nels Eliason), Augusta (Mrs. John Walin), Mathilda (Mrs. Andrew Oakeson), Selma (Mrs. C.E. Danielson), Hilma (Mrs. August Brodd), and two brothers, John and Herman Nelson. All remained in Saunders County except John who lived in Texas.

Axel Pearson Family

   My father, Nels R. Pearson, after many hardships, purchased a farm two miles west of Ceresco from a land company. He was the only one from his family who came to America. His one sister and two brothers remained in Sweden. He felt "home-sick" many times.

   The children of N.R. and Hilda Pearson were Arvid, Selma, Victor, Axel, Alma who all remained in Saunders County. Victor and wife, Olga Ecklund, had a family of four children, Marjorie (Mrs. Fred Martinson), Helen (Mrs. Ralph Carlson), and twins Kenneth and Keryl (Mrs. Arthur Gerdts). Alma and Frank Haldeman had one daughter, Rogene (Blake), who resides in Kearney. Selma did not marry. Arvid passed away at twenty-eight years of age.

   I, Axel Pearson, attended Eureka Country School, District 40, and attended three years at Luther Academy in Wahoo. I rode the caboose with the brakeman on a freight train many times to attend school. I was unable to finish my education due to the death of brother Arvid of influenza in 1918, and brother Victor who was called to serve his country in the front lines in France during World War I. My duties were helping Dad at home, operating the farm.

   I married a school teacher, Hattie Roseberg, at Grace Lutheran Church west of Swedeburg in 1934, where we both were members. Hattie, born February 10, 1908, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Roseberg, grew up on her grandparents' homestead west of Swedeburg.

   We lived on the Pearson home place twelve years where I was born. After the estate was settled, we moved to a farm 1 mile west and 2½ miles north of Ceresco in 1948 where we built a new house and farm buildings.

   One of my favorite hobbies was to play cornet in the Ceresco Concert Band. Both Hattie and I sang in the Church Choir and have remained active members of Grace Lutheran Church.

   We were blessed with a family of four sons. Neil and wife, Norma, Webster City, Iowa, have two sons, Roger and Mark. Paul and wife, Linda, Salt Lake City, Utah, have three children, Randy, Terri and Polly. Daryl of Minneapolis, Minnesota has one daughter, Stacy. Allan of Ceresco married Judy Ross of Tilden, Nebraska, and has two daughters, Elizabeth, 7 years, and Kristin, age 4. Judy is a registered nurse, having worked at Bryan Memorial Hospital in Lincoln and now at Saunders County Community Hospital in Wahoo.

   We retired and moved to Ceresco in 1976 and Allan and Judy moved to the farm where they now reside. Allan farms and raises Charolais cattle. Our sons graduated from Ceresco High School. Neil and Paul attended Luther College in Wahoo. Daryl and Allan graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln. All four sons, tall in stature, were active in sports and music. They have been soloists at many community and church events through the years. Submitted by Axel Pearson

   Elaine and I were born and raised in Saunders County and have lived here all our lives, except for the time I served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.

Robert and Elaine Pearson

   My grandparents, Nels and Anna Pearson and John and Nellie Hanson, all came to Saunders County from Sweden. Elaine's grandparents, Fred and Anna Bergman and Albert and Sophia Bonow, were all of German descent. My parents are Henry

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