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Betty Mae Pierson, 91, passed away at her daughter’s home in Puyallup on Dec. 7, 2015. She was born in Buhl, Idaho, to Isaac (I.D.) and Edna Lionberger on Aug. 7, 1924.
Betty graduated from high school in Yakima. It was there that she met her sweetheart, Doyle LaDean Pierson. They were married on April 7, 1943. While Doyle enlisted in the US Navy, Betty moved to Portland and worked in the ship yards helping to build war planes. She later moved to Norfolk, Va., in order to be near her husband.
It was there that Larry LaDean Pierson was born September 1945. When the war was over Doyle was released from the Navy, and they moved to Sunnyside, to build a home and farm. Dixie Sue Pierson was then born July 1948. Later after a devastating loss in the swine and cattle business they moved to the Puget Sound on the Dabob Bay.
Doyle and Betty’s father, Isaac, went into the saw mill business and built numerous homes. In June 1954, Patrick Galen Pierson was born in Port Townsend. The next move was to White Salmon and there Tamara Evana Pierson was born December 1958.
After many years of being a mom, homemaker and helpmate on the farm, Betty went to work in the Underwood Packing sheds. She then became a receptionist for Dr.s Roberson and Gibbs, Optometrists in Bingen. She retired after 20 years and she and Doyle became “Snowbirds.” She loved to “dry camp” in the warm Arizona desert and soak in the hot springs in Tecopa, Calif.
In her earlier years, Betty loved to square dance and sewed many fancy and beautiful western dancing outfits. When first moving to White Salmon, the Grace Baptist Church was located in the Grange Hall. Betty and Doyle helped with fundraisers and the church eventually bought property across from the Columbia High School, where they spent many hours sanding and painting pew benches. She loved the Lord and counted on this faith to sustain her during her lifetime.
For the past several years she has been in Puyallup with Tamara who was her constant care giver until her last moment. She is in heaven now with her beloved husband Doyle where all pain and suffering is gone.
Betty is survived by her children Larry (Glenna) of Battleground, Dixie (Mel) Walker of White Salmon, Patrick Pierson of Kennewick, and Tamara (Jake) Suddarth of Puyallup. Ten grandchildren and several step-grandchildren and most recently two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Doyle, parents ID and Edna Lionberger, and sister Marie Mason.
Garner’s Funeral Home was in charge of internment.
There will be no formal service but the family is planning a special day in the spring to get together in remembrance.
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