Pearl
Gidmond
Burial
will be in Grand Island City Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Gidmond was born July 10, 1918, at Arapahoe to LeRoy and Sarah
(Hand) Trunnell.
Survivors of the immediate family include her husband, Francis; and
two sisters, Mildred Jones of Broken Bow and Eva Perrin of Lincoln.
Other survivors are one brother-in-law, Harold Gidmond of Indianola; nieces;
nephews; and close friends, Jayne Waite and Jack and Pam Tagel.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Florence Jones, Ethel
Archer and Edith Trunnell; and one brother, Charlie Trunnell.
Pearl received her education north of Keystone to the eighth grade.
She was united in marriage to Francis Gidmond on Jan. 22, 1952, in Denver. They
lived in Denver for a year, moving to Ogallala, then moving around with construction
work that eventually brought them to Grand Island.
She worked as a waitress and did motel cleaning. After moving to Grand Island,
she worked at the ordnance plant until its closing. In 1988, she started working
as a volunteer for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program.
Pearl was a lifetime member of the American Legion Auxiliary. She loved gardening,
loved her roses and loved her cat, Midnight. She will be remembered as always
being happy.
Memorials are suggested to the donor's choice.