Pearle Estalene Palmer

Pearle Estalene Palmer, 100, of Oakland and formerly of Carson, passed away on Friday, August 22, 2014 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at the Loess Hills Funeral Home in Carson with Pastor Mike Harvey officiating. Burial will be in the Wheeler Grove Cemetery east of Carson. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral starting at 9:30 a.m. at the funeral home.

Memorials: Carson Presbyterian Church

Pearle Estalene Palmer, one of eleven children of Mary Elizabeth (Durbin) and David Herschel Perdue, was born on January 27, 1914 near Macedonia, Iowa. Fondly known as "Estalene", she grew up near the Wheeler Grove Church in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where she attended Sunday school. Estalene attended country school through the 8th grade. Following school, she cleaned homes for the neighbors, worked in a cafA(c) and cooked at the school for four years.

Estalene and Pearl Hildreth Palmer, formerly from South Dakota, were married on January 8, 1936, at the Christian Church at the Manse in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Their marriage was blessed with two children, Brian Dennis and Karen Peggy.

Estalene was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Women's Group, served as president three times, and received an honorary member pin from UP Women. She sang in the church choir and belonged to the B. W. Mothers Club since 1949. Estalene continued to clean homes while raising their children and also cleaned the church once a week.

Estalene was talented with handwork, crocheting, embroidery and quilting. She collected music boxes, poems, bookmarks, ceramic animals and pretty dishes. Estalene enjoyed listening to music, watching movies and television shows; especially the ones that made her laugh. She could always be found working a crossword puzzle or playing board games.

Estalene and Hildreth were married 52 years when Hildreth died on March 4, 1988. Estalene continued to live at home until April 2013, when she moved to the Oakland Manor.

Estalene passed away on August 22, 2014 at the Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, at the age of 100 years, 6 months, and 25 days. In addition to her beloved husband, she was also preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Ora Perdue, Ira Perdue, Dewey Perdue, and Jesse Perdue; and sisters, Opal Kemling, Ruby Krueger, Beulah Billings, Lazelle Perdue, and Pauline Braden.

Estalene is survived by her son Brian Palmer and wife Sally of Fall City, NE; daughter Karen Dreyer and husband Ed of Palm Bay, FL; granddaughter Lanette Dreyer of Palm Bay; grandsons, Jason Dreyer and wife Dawn of Statesville, NC and Shane Palmer and wife Stacy of Ames, IA; three great granddaughters, Lorena and Nykhol Dreyer and Samantha Palmer; many nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends.