THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 8, 1994 TAG: 9406080403
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: D2 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: CHESAPEAKE
DATELINE: 940608 LENGTH: Medium
Mrs. Pearce was born in Fayetteville, Texas, and was the daughter of the late Frank and Judith Michalsky Vitek. She was also preceded in death by her brothers, John, Raymond and Joseph Vitek.
{REST} She was a member of St. Matthews Catholic Church, the Grand Group of Prince of Peace Catholic Church and the National Christ Child Society. She attended Grassfield Home Demonstration Club in Chesapeake.
Survivors include her husband, Elwood Pierce of Chesapeake; her sister and brother-in-law, Eleanor and Rudy Minar of Galveston, Texas; her brother, Steve Vitek of Fayetteville, Texas; two sisters-in-law, Helen Pierce of Portsmouth and Violet Vitek also of Fayetteville, Texas; and a brother-in-law, Johnny Pierce of Chesapeake.
Aunt Bessie will be sadly missed by her nephews and nieces of her home state of Texas and here in Virginia where she had resided most of her life. She was a compassionate woman, who served as a confidant and second mother to her nieces and nephews. It was their privilege to have been blessed with her presence in their lives. May God bless her always.
A funeral Mass will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in St. Matthews Catholic Church by the Rev. Timothy Drake. Burial will follow in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens.
A Christian Wake service will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in the Oman Family Funeral Home, Great Bridge.
Following the funeral mass on Thursday the family will receive family and friends at 1334 Cypress Place, in the Greenbrier Section of Chesapeake.
The family suggest that memorial donations be made to the Building Fund of St. Matthews Catholic Church or to the Chesapeake CARE, Free Clinic.
{KEYWORDS} DEATH OBITUARY
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