N Pierson

N. Wayne Pierson returned home to be with his sweetheart of 70 years, on October 6, 2008. She passed away on March 26, 2008. Wayne was the third child of Carl Oscar W. Pierson and Mamie Amanda Gillen. He was born June 14, 1918 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He grew up in Sandy, Utah and graduated from Jordan High School. Wayne married Virl Welsh in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on August 18, 1938. They are the parents of three children, Weldon &qoute;Bud&qoute; Judy Pierson, Carolyn George Burbidge and Shirlee Robert Johnson; 13 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. Wayne and Virl served as Stake missionaries and served a full time mission to California Sacramento. They also served in many voluntary Church Office callings. Wayne was an active member of the LDS Church. He was employed as a ticket agent for Rio Grand Railroad. He could build and fix almost anything. The past several years, our dad gave 24 hour selfless service to caring for our mother. He was a kind, patient and loving man. He will be greatly missed. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 10, 2008 at the Bountiful Utah East Stake Center, 2200 South 600 East, where friends and family may call from 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment-Bountiful City Cemetery.