Pearl Eleanor Arnold and Paul Martin Purintun

PAUL MARTIN PURINTUN, son of KATIE SYLVESTER and CHARLES GILMAN PURINTUN, was born January 1, 1905 in Monticello, Green, Wisconsin,⁸⁸¹² and died June 11, 1979 in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa.⁸⁸¹² He is buried in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa.^{8812, 456}

He married PEARL ELEANOR ARNOLD on June 21, 1940 in Hazel, Hamlin, South Dakota.⁸⁸¹² She was born December 31, 1909 in Bryant Township, Hamlin, South Dakota,^{6979, 8820} and died January 28, 1995 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa.⁸⁸²⁰ She is buried in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa.⁴⁵⁶

Personal Information
Education
Work History
Obituaries

Census Records

Personal Information

Pearl Eleanor Arnold was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Cedar Falls, Iowa. ⁸⁸²⁰

Education

Pearl E. Arnold

graduated from Hazel High School, Hamlin County, South Dakota, 1931⁸⁸²⁰
graduated from Methodist Hospital, Mitchell, Davison, South Dakota in 1934 with a R.N. degree⁸⁸²⁰
graduated from Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Cook, Illinois in March 1, 1939 with a graduate degree in Obstetrics⁸⁸²⁰

Work History

Pearl Eleanor Arnold and Paul Martin Purintun owned and operated the Purintun Nursing Home in Everly, Iowa.⁸⁸²⁰

Pearl Eleanor Arnold was a Registered Nurse with a specialty in Obstretrics.⁸⁸²⁰

Obituaries

Waterloo Courier, June 12, 1979⁸⁸¹²

Paul M. Purintun

CEDAR FALLS—Services for Paul M. Purintun, 74, of 1114 Bluff St., will be 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Trinity United Methodist Church with burial in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens. He died at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Sartori Memorial Hospital.

He was born Jan. 1, 1905, in Monticello, Wis., son of Charles and Katie Sylvester Purintun. He married Pearl Arnold June 21, 1941, in Hazel, S.D.

They farmed in Iowa for 18 years before opening the Purintun Nursing Home in Everley which they operated until 1966. They moved to Cedar Falls at that time and he worked at the Western Home.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Harveta Rockwell of Brooklyn Park, Minn., and Miss Kathryn Purintun of Ankorage, Alaska; a granddaughter; a brother, David of Janesville, Wis.; and two sisters, Florence Purintun and Ruth Purintun, both of Madison, Wis.

Friends may call at Falls Avenue Funeral Chapel in Waterloo after noon Wednesday. Memorials may be made to the church in his name.

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Waterloo Daily Courier, February 1, 1995⁸⁸²⁰

Pearl Eleanor Arnold Purintun Messerer

Dec. 31, 1909-Jan. 28, 1995

Pearl Eleanor (Arnold) Purintun Messerer (R.N.) died Jan. 28, 1995, at Friendship Village, Waterloo, Iowa, at the age of 85 years and 28 days. She had been a resident of Friendship Village since June 1980.

Pearl was born Dec. 31, 1909, at Bryant Twp., Hamlin Co., S.D., daughter of Flora Katherine Robish and Edward G. Arnold. Pearl married (1) Paul Martin Purintun on June 21, 1940, at Kellerton Evangelical Church, Hazel, S.D. (in a double-ring ceremony with her brother, the Rev. William Arnold and Ruth Forcht). Paul was born Jan. 1, 1905, in Mount Pleasant Two., Green County, Wis., near Monticello, Wis., son of Charles Gilman Purintun and Katie Sylvester. He died June 11, 1979, age 74, at Cedar Falls, Iowa, and is buried in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens, Cedar Falls. Pearl was married (2) June 24, 1980, at her home at 1114 Bluff St., Cedar Falls, to Fred Michael Messerer. Fred was born May 13, 1894 at Banks Twp., Fayette Co., near Sumner, Iowa, son of Michael John Messerer and Augusta Sophia Duhrkoph. He died March 8, 1989, age 94, and is buried in Garden of Memories, Waterloo, with his first wife, Minnie Louise Dallenbach, who was born March 16, 1893, at Will Co., Ill., daughter of John W. Dallenbach and Mary Moyer. Fred and Minnie were married June 14, 1914, at Rockwell City, Iowa, and had no children. Minnie died June 12, 1976, at Cedar Falls.

Pearl had a distinguished career as a Registered Nurse. A 1931 graduate of Hazel (S.D.) High School, she received her R.N. degree in 1934 from Methodist Hospital, Mitchell, S.D., and on March 1, 1939, a Graduate Degree in Obstetrics from Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Ill. Upon receiving her R.N. she was "on staff" as Floor Supervisor at Methodist Hospital, Mitchell (1935-36). The height of her career was while there she was asked by a doctor (who'd had a heart attack) to take his Model T Ford car and his "black bag" and a nurse anesthetist and go into the country in a snowstorm to deliver a baby, which she gladly did, signing the birth certificate with her name. From 1936-37 she was Superintendent of the Winner (S.D.) Hospital. During her early career she left her work three times for a month-year at a time to go home and take care of ill family members. Pearl resumed her career as Superintendent of Monroe Evangelical Deaconess Hospital, Monroe, Wis., where she also taught Practical Nursing (1937-39). She "specialed" doctor's wives who were ill in their homes in Chicago and whole families down with diptheria who lived in log cabins in Green County, Wis., meanwhile feeding the threshing crew and the "farm hired hands," churning butter and cheese, etc., doing the laundry and cleaning besides. After her first marriage, Pearl and Paul moved to Forest City, Iowa, where she was an Obstetrical Supervisor at Forest City (Iowa) Hospital (1940-43); from 1945-50 she was Obstetrical Night Supervisor at Hartley (Iowa) Hospital; and finally Obstetrical Supervisor at Spencer (Iowa) Hospital (1956-57), and then co-owner/operator (with her husband) of the Purintun Nursing Home, Everly, Iowa (1957-66). In 1966 she and her husband moved to Cedar Falls, where she was Night Nursing Supervisor at Western Home, Cedar Falls (1966-1975) where she retired from nursing. From 1975-77 she owned her own business as one of the first Mary Kay Beauty consultants in Cedar Falls/Waterloo, Iowa, area. Pearl outsold 200 women in her unit to become the 1976 Unit Queen of Sales. She sewed, quilted (171 quilts for persons all over the USA) and tatted for the public until her stroke in February 1994.

Pearl resided at Friendship Village Retirement Home, Waterloo, at the time of her death. She was a committed active member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Cedar Falls, having served on a number of boards, committees and the Visitation committee. Currently, her membership was with First United Methodist Church, Cedar Falls. She was also a member of the Cedar Falls Nurses' Club. She volunteered preparing meals at the Salvation Army; and as an avid gardener was known at Friendship Village as the "Flower Lady" because she provided fresh flowers for the dining hall tables. Her life was one to total commitment to God through Christ. With a smile and her enormous amount of energy, she spent her life finding was to regularly make small gifts to take to friends and relatives to lift their spirits or bring joy and love to their lives.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her brothers, Eldon, William, Theodore "Ted" and Wesley Arnold; a siter, Violet Arnold (wife of the Rev. Lee Wright, also deceased); brother-in-law David Purintun of Janesville, Wis; three sisters-in-law, Florence Purintun (Mrs. David Purintun), Helen Purintun Babler (Mrs. Elton Babler) of Wauwatosa, Wis., and Ruth Purintun of Madison, Wis.; and a son, Roger Charles Purintun, who was born April 23, 1944, and died April 30, 1944.

Surviving are her two daughters and their husbands, Harveta Ann Purintun (Mrs. John B. Rockwell Jr.) of Champlin, Minn., and Kathryn Jean Purintun (Mrs. Duane "Gus" Andress) of Anchorage, Alaska; two grandchildren, Joanne Kristine Rockwell and Jonathan Jay Rockwell of Champlin, Minn.; sisters-in-law, Mrs. Eldon (Reva) Arnold of Dell Rapids, S.D., Mrs. William (Ruth) Arnold of Ramona, S.D., Mrs. Theodore (Ardyth) Arnold and Mrs. Wesley (Arlys) Arnold, both of Watertown, S.D., and Florence Purintun of Madison, Wis.; 12 nephews and five nieces; numerous stepnieces and nephews as well as many relatives and friends.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, 1995, at the Cedar Community Mennonite Church, Cedar Falls (formerly Trinity United Methodist Church), with the Rev. Paul Frederiksen officiating and the Rev. Myron Brockmeyer assisting. Burial will be in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens, Cedar Falls. Friends may call from 1 to 8 p.m. today (Wednesday, Feb. 1, 1995) at Dahl-Van Hoveschoof Funeral Home, with the family present from 2 to 4 p.m.

Memorials may be directed to First United Methodist Church of Friendship Village Medical Center. If flowers are sent, the family requests silk or artificial arrangements.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
April 28, 1910⁷¹⁵⁴	Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin	Charles Gilman Purintun Katie Sylvester David Ralph Purintun Paul Martin Purintun Ruth Louise Purintun
January 13, 1920⁷¹⁵⁵	Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin	Charles Gilman Purintun Katie Sylvester David Ralph Purintun Paul Martin Purintun Ruth Louise Purintun Helen Irene Purintun Florence Emmaline Purintun
April 26, 1930⁷⁷¹⁵	Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin	Charles Gilman Purintun Katie Sylvester Paul Martin Purintun Ruth Louise Purintun Helen Irene Purintun Florence Emmaline Purintun