Funeral services for Mrs. Friedel Dorrzapf Pearson, of Winona, were held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 26, in the Oliver Funeral Home Chapel, with burial following in Oakwood Cemetery in Winona. The Rev. Terry Corley officiated the service. Pallbearers were Kyle Pearson, Will Harrison, Joshua Pearson, Cole Harrison, Luke Harrison, and Eli Laird. Austin Pearson will serve as honorary pallbearer.
Visitation was held on Thursday, Dec. 26, from noon until service time at Oliver Funeral Home of Winona.
Mrs. Friedel Dorrzapf Pearson, 85, passed away Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, at Vaiden Community Living Center. She was born in Bellheim-Pfalz, Germany to Ludwig and Maria Haag Dorrzapf on June 9, 1939. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Winona.
Friedel came to the United States in 1958 to visit and met Lawrence, who was a student at Mississippi State University. She saw him for the first time and said, “That’s the man I’m going to marry.” She did, and they settled in Winona, Mississippi. She became a homemaker and co-owner of Pearson’s Sawmill. She raised her four children with love and an appreciation for her German culture.
She is survived by her daughters, Sonya Harrison (Dr. Louie) of Winona and Melitta Laird (Gray) of Austin, TX; sons, Larry Pearson (Renaee) of McCarley and Arlin Pearson of Carrollton; sisters, Melitta Jochim of Germany, Luzia Bourblanc of France and Trudel Fischer of Germany; twelve grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Pearson; four brothers and one sister.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital by mail to 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959 or online at www.stjude.org/donate
Oliver Funeral Home of Winona is in charge of arrangements. An online guestbook may be signed at www.ofhwinona.com
