Viola “Vi” M. Pierson
MANKATO — Viola M. Pierson, age 93, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2024. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at Grace Lutheran Church in Mankato. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, at Northview-North Mankato Mortuary, 2060 Commerce Drive in North Mankato and one hour prior to the service Wednesday at the church. Interment will be at the Mausoleum at Woodland Hills Memorial Park, Mankato. www.mankatomortuary.com
Viola was born June 26, 1930, in Welcome, Minn., to Henry and Sophia (Graf) Rose. She graduated from Welcome High School in 1948, and Mankato Commercial College in 1949. She married Leonard Pierson on April 16, 1950, and they moved to a farm east of Lake Crystal. To their union, five children were born.
She worked at Green Giant Canning Co. in LeSueur, Sear’s accounting department in Mankato, Lake Crystal National Bank (Minn Star) in Lake Crystal, Benco Electric in Mankato, and did all the bookkeeping for the family trucking business. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, playing bingo, watching TV, traveling, being with her family, and being with all her friends she made at Oak Terrace Apartment in North Mankato. She had a huge collection of recipes all hand typed. She practiced typing almost every day on a real typewriter.
Viola is survived by her children, Pat (Wayne), Shelley, Deb (Steve), Kevin (Rose), and Keith (Konnie); 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; brother, Herb (Jane) Rose; many nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard; parents, Henry and Sophia Rose; in-laws, Anton and Helen Pierson; and brother, Aldor (DeElda) Rose.
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