Pearl Louise Burson

1934 - 2007  (73 years)

• Name	Pearl Louise Burson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	30 Jun 1934	Emerson, Mills, Iowa, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1940	Polk, Nodaway, Missouri, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
  Census	1950	Polk, Nodaway, Missouri, USA   [6]
  	Relation to Head: Daughter; Marital Status: Never Married
  Death	27 Oct 2007	Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA   [3, 4, 5]
  Burial	Memorial Cemetery, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA   [3]
  		Memorial Cemetery Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska Find a Grave: #100965
  Person ID	I24988	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Denton Robert Orlando 'Dent' Burson,   b. 4 May 1900, Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA d. 3 Jan 1969, Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, USA (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Leota Pearl Liter,   b. 16 Dec 1903, Milo, Vernon, Missouri, USA d. 27 Mar 1996, Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, USA (Age 92 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	19 Mar 1923	Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA   [9, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F6191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grant Samuel Klassy,   b. 23 Feb 1928, Wisconsin, USA d. 29 Aug 2017, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	29 Sep 1957	Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, USA   [2, 3, 7]
  Family ID	F7533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Jun 1934 - Emerson, Mills, Iowa, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter - 1940 - Polk, Nodaway, Missouri, USA Census - Relation to Head: Daughter; Marital Status: Never Married - 1950 - Polk, Nodaway, Missouri, USA Marriage - 29 Sep 1957 - Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, USA Death - 27 Oct 2007 - Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA Burial - - Memorial Cemetery, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Polk, Nodaway, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02134; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 74-34. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Polk, Nodaway, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02134; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 74-34 [S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;), Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO ; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm] [S7774] Find a Grave: BURSON Pearl Klassy 1934-2007, Pearl Louise Burson Klassy. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120139689/pearl-l-klassy [S9507] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: 1951. [S645] Ancestry.com, Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2012;). [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Polk, Nodaway, Misso. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Polk, Nodaway, Misso [S9121] Newspapers.com: Marriage of Pearl and Grant Klassy • St Joseph News-Press = 27 Jan 1957, Pearl Louise Burson and Grant Samuel Klassy -St. Joseph News-Press/Gazette; Publication Date: 27/ Jan/ 1957; Publication Place: St. Joseph, Missouri. https://www.newspapers.com/image/561369445/?article=ddac424c-3dbf-4722-b267-e6d1844561f3&focus=0.018083902,0.28275427,0.14401478,0.55009335&x [S4403] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Grant Klassy • Fremont Tribune - 30 Aug 2017, Grant Samuel Klassy -- Fremont Tribune; Publication Date: 30 Aug 2017; Publication Place: Fremont, Nebraska. https://www.newspapers.com/image/443169223/?article=b43c9684-c1f7-4386-9517-a6541fbddb72&focus=0.33411258,0.08588169,0.66556734,0.566322&xid=3355 [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Denton Robert Orlando Burson http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=5102425721&indiv=try [S11472] Keegan, Matthew L, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Burson): LITER Leota Burson, (Name: SmithLC.com;), LITER Leota Pearl Burson 1903-1996. The funeral for Leota Peal Burson, 92, of Maryville, Mo., was March 30 at Price Funeral Chapel in Maryville. Dr. Donald Childers officiated at Saturday's service. Burial was at Nodaway Memorial Gardens in Maryville. She died Wednesday, March 27, 1996, at Nodaway Nursing Home in Maryville. Leota Liter was born December 16, 1903, in Milo, Mo. She married Dent Burson March 19, 1923, in Omaha. She was a homemaker and a 57-year resident of the Maryville area. Her husband died Jan. 3, 1969. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Maryville and the Bell Grove Club. Survivors include three sons, Orlando of Ephrata, Wash., Robert of Hopkins, Mo., and Earl of Maryville; two daughters, Betty (Mrs. Carl) Martin of Tarkio, Mo., and Pearl (Mrs. Grant) Klassy of Fremont; 15 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, two brothers and a sister. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98508248/leota-pearl-burson [S6916] Keegan, Matthew L, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Burson): BURSON Denton, (Name: SmithLC.com;), Denton Robert Orlando Burson. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98508272/denton-robert_orlando-burson