Pearl C. McIntire

January 15, 1938 - June 29, 2018

Pearl     McIntire Jan 15, 1938  -  Jun 29, 2018   Pearl Catherine McIntire, 80 passed away Friday, June 29, 2018 at her home.   Pearl was born January 15, 1938 in Pierceton, IN to Francis O. and Ruby A. (Bailey) Widman and lived in the area most of her life.   On November 28, 1959 in Pierceton, she was married to Dean McIntire, who survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Theresa (Scott) McGee of Indianapolis and Deana (Mike) Smith of Franklin; two sons, Ronald (Cindy) McIntire of Hamlet and John (Lisa) McIntire of Warsaw; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Brent Widman of Pierceton. She was preceded in death by her parents.   Pearl was a retired registered nurse. She was a 1959 graduate of St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing and received her B.S. Degree of Health Arts at St. Francis School in Joliet, IL. She was a member of the Indiana State Nurses Association and had been employed as the Starke County Public Health Nurse, school nurse at Oregon-Davis Schools for 20 years and had worked at Starke Memorial Hospital and LaPorte Hospital. She was also a member of the Starke County Extension Homemaker's Club and a former Starke County 4-H Leader. She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church of Hamlet and the Holy Cross Altar Rosary Society and also attended the Hamlet United Methodist Church.   Funeral services will be Friday, July 6, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. CDT at Rannells Funeral Home, Hamlet Chapel. Burial will follow at the Fletcher Cemetery, Hamlet. Visitation will be Thursday from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Rannells Funeral Home, Hamlet Chapel and Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. A Rosary service will be held Thursday at the funeral home at 8:00 p.m. Memorial contributions may be given to the Pearl McIntire Nursing Student Scholarship Fund. To leave online condolences, visit rannellsfuneralhome.com.