Pearle graduated from Roberts High School in the class of 1904. (Peale is in the center, just to the right of the principal.) She continued her education at the Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. For several years she was a very successful teacher in the public schools.
--"Let's Talk About Roberts. Larry Knilands and Jean Fox.
Pearle married Chester Dillon August 11, 1915. The marriage took place on the lawn of the rural Melvin home of the McNeil family with about 60 guests in attendance.
--Melvin Motor. 13 August 1915.
Chester's career eventually landed the couple in Birmingham, Alabama, where Chester was working for the Birmingham State University.
In the winter of 1920 Pearle's parents and her sister Ellen went to Birmingham to visit. While there, Pearle was taken ill with influenza and passed away February 12, 1920, at the age of 32. She was expecting their first child at the time of her death.
She is buried at Lyman Township Cemetery in Roberts, Illinois, near her parents.
Pearle is easy to identify in family photos, always wearing her dark hair in a high bun.
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