Wasco-Sherman County OR Archives Obituaries.....Pierson, Coila Marie Belshee August 12, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, August 16, 2005
     Coila Marie Belshee Pierson, 92, a resident of The Dalles, died at a 
local care facility on Friday, Aug. 12, 2005.
     She was born Nov. 26, 1912, in Moro, to Robert Wilgus and Coila 
Marguerite Kessinger Belshee.
     She married Buck Pierson in Moro in 1930. She worked for the Union 
Pacific Railroad and The Dalles Cherry Growers, and also cared for her husband 
for many years.
     She is survived by her sister, Iva May Belshee Morrow; her three 
children, John R. Pierson and his wife, Patricia; Loraina Marie Pierson Miller 
and her husband, Fred; and Doris LaVonne Pierson Gourley, and her husband, Dr. 
James; her six grandchildren, Steven and Dale Pierson, Melisa Pierson Ferguson 
and her husband, Tim, Craig Miller and his wife, Patricia, Julie Miller 
Nickens and her husband, Vern, and Bridget Gourley; her three great 
grandchildren, Megan and Shelby Nickens, and Erin Pierson; and many nieces and 
nephews.
     She was preceded in death by her husband, Buck Pierson in 1972; her 
grandson, James Thomas Gourley in 1987; her great granddaughter, Kelly 
Michelle Pierson in 2003, and her four brothers and two sisters. Private 
family graveside services were held Aug. 15, at the IOOF Cemetery on Cherry 
Heights Rd. 
     Memorial contributions may be made to the Mid-Columbia Senior Center, 
1112 W. 9th St, The Dalles, OR 97058, or Meals on Wheels, 1112 W. 9th St, The 
Dalles, OR 97058.
     Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home is in care of the arrangements.


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Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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