lit a candle 2d ago95 years old, with her daughters there at the end. My own grandmother died in a care center this spring and reading this just brought it all back up again. Rest well, Pearl.
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Pearl Nealis was a 95-year-old woman from Rome, Pennsylvania, remembered by her family as a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother whose life was centered on faith, family and quiet service to others. She was not a public figure in the conventional sense, and this page draws on the obituary published…
Pearl Nealis was a 95-year-old woman from Rome, Pennsylvania, remembered by her family as a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother whose life was centered on faith, family and quiet service to others. She was not a public figure in the conventional sense, and this page draws on the obituary published by her family and funeral home rather than on broader news coverage, since Pearl Nealis lived a private life in a small Pennsylvania community rather than in the public eye.
She was born Pearl Davis on October 6, 1931, in Hanging Rock, West Virginia, the daughter of Arnold Adolph Davis and Fannie Virginia Davis. She married Garland W. Nealis, who died in 1992, and the couple settled in the Rome, Pennsylvania area, where she raised her family. Her obituary describes her as a woman of deep faith whose warmth and caring nature touched everyone who knew her.
Over the course of her long life, Pearl experienced significant loss, including the deaths of her husband, two sons, three grandchildren and eight brothers and sisters, as well as a son-in-law and a daughter-in-law. According to her obituary, she met these losses with strength and grace, sustained by what her family described as an enduring trust in her religious faith. She is remembered as someone who continued to look outward, taking an interest in neighbors and families in need even as she grew older.
Pearl Nealis died on October 23, 2026, at Sayre Health Care Center in Sayre, Pennsylvania, with her daughters at her side. She was 95. No cause of death has been made public. She is survived by her three daughters, Linda Davis, Shirley Hansen and Helen Nealis, along with a large extended family of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and other relatives.
Her death was announced through an obituary placed by her family with Sutfin Funeral Chapel of Nichols, New York, published on Legacy.com on October 25, 2026. A celebration of life is scheduled to be held on October 31, 2026, at North Rome Wesleyan Church in Rome, Pennsylvania, where family and friends will gather to remember her.
Biography adapted from News reports and the sources cited on this page; death reported by Legacy | Obituary.
Sorry for your loss too. 95 is a full life though, something to hold onto.