Submitted by: Dan Rich

Anne Raab Pearson

Jan. 7, 1888 - Jan. 30, 1994

South Bend Tribune 2/5/1994

MISHAWAKA - Anne Raab Pearson, 106, of Shelbyville, Ind., formerly of Mishawaka, died at 12:50 p.m. Sunday in Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Shelbyville. Mrs. Pearson was born Jan. 7, 1888, in Shelbyville, and lived in this area from 1916 to 1941.

In 1916 in South Bend, as Anne Nelis, she married George M. Raab. He died in 1941. In 1951, in Shelbyville, she married Joseph Pearson. He died in 1968. Surviving are a niece, Josephine McCormick of Pompano Beach, Fla.; and a nephew, Danial P. Raab of Mishawaka. She was the oldest member of First Presbyterian Church, Shelbyville.

Services were Wednesday in Carmony-Ewing Funeral Home, Shelbyville. Burial was in Forest Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville. Memorial contributions may be made to Abiding Memorial Fund of the church.