Gregory Leslie Pearson

Gregory Leslie Pearson 1915 ~ 2005 Gregory Leslie Pearson, age 90, died 28 November 2005 in Salt Lake City. He was born 26 October 1915 in Salt Lake City to Levi L. and Iva May Gregory Pearson. Gregory graduated from Idaho Falls High School, attended the University of Utah one year, and then served in the Eastern States Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He attended Utah State University where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Engineering and a Master's in Civil Engineering. He served in World War II in the Army Air Force and received his commission at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. He married Naomi Eliza Dalton on 25 April 1941 in the Salt Lake Temple. They were the parents of nine children, four of whom survive. They lived in Moab; Logan; Salt Lake City in Utah; in Portland, Oregon and again, after retirement, in Utah, in both Bountiful and Salt Lake. His professional career was in the U.S. Soil Conservation Service Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting program, spending 19 years in charge of it here in Utah and seven years in the Regional Office in Portland. He retired in 1975. Gregory has been active in the LDS Church all of his life. He served in many church assignments, including Ward Clerk, counselor in three bishoprics, on three High Councils, Stake YMMIA Superintendent, High Priest Group Leader and Bishop. In 1970 he was called as a Patriarch and has served in five stakes in this capacity. He has also served as an ordinance worker in Logan, Salt Lake and London Temples, and as a sealer in London and Salt Lake. Following retirement, he and his wife served two missions for the Church in England, in the London Mission and at the London Temple. He is survived by his wife Naomi and daughter Leslie (Gerald S.) Rees of Salt Lake City; sons, Dr. G. George (Linda) of Salt Lake; Melvin J. (Mitzi) of Bountiful; and Bruce E. (Leslie) of Mesa, AZ. Gregory's daughter Jean Biehn (Carl M.), and sons Paul, James, Floyd and Joseph, preceded him in death as did one great-granddaughter, Camille Mischler. He is survived by a son-in-law, Carl M. Biehn (Mary Jane) and 25 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, and a sister, Faith (Arne) Johnson of Renton, WA. A brother Edward and a sister Hope preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at Salt Lake Stake Center, 142 West 200 North on Monday, December 5, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. Friends may call there prior to the service from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Burial in Salt Lake City Cemetery. In charge of services, Deseret Memorial Mortuary. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the LDS Perpetual Education Fund. Thanks to caregivers at Elderly Manor/Alta Ridge Holladay for their three and a half years of loving care. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.celebratinglife-ut.com