Obituary for Father Robert A. Pearson
Father Robert Pearson
Death came, as it does to all men, to the Reverend Robert Alfred Pearson of Ocean Township, on Wednesday, August 28, 2019.
Father Pearson was born on April 16, 1927 in Flint, Michigan. He was educated at Ellicott Grammar School and Mary A. Cunningham Junior High School in East Milton, MA, Needham High School in Needham, MA, Tilton School in Tilton, NH, the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH and the Philadelphia Divinity School in Philadelphia, PA. He received a Bachelor of Science, Master of Divinity and Bachelor of Sacred Theology degrees.
He served in the United States Navy during World War II, being transferred to the USS Wisconsin after VJ Day.
After some years in business, he attended seminary and was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1957. Father Pearson served mission and parishes in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In 1978, he was ordained a priest in the Antiochian Orthodox Church and in 1986 Father Pearson was accepted as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey.
His vocation was the priesthood and his avocation was the protection of the unborn human life, being a member of New Jersey Right to Life before the Supreme Court Decision of Roe vs. Wade. This entailed many confrontations, arrests and incarcerations. His long-suffering wife took part more often than not and a son and daughter tried their part.
Father Pearson leaves his ever devoted wife, Nancy Bickhart Pearson; daughter, Rebecca and her children, Frances and Andrew; son, Mark his wife Suzanne and children Conner, Rachael and Marissa; son John and his children, Chadwick and Emma, daughter Jane and husband Christopher and children Grace, Luke and Jack. A child, Mary Ann died at birth.
Relatives and friends are invited to visit from 9:30 am until his Funeral Mass at 11 am Saturday at St. Jerome’s Roman Catholic Church, 254 Wall Street, West Long Branch. Burial will follow at Glenwood Cemetery in West Long Branch. Human Life International
www.hli.org
4 Family Life Lane
Front Royal ,VA 22630
Death came, as it does to all men, to the Reverend Robert Alfred Pearson of Ocean Township, on Wednesday, August 28, 2019.
Father Pearson was born on April 16, 1927 in Flint, Michigan. He was educated at Ellicott Grammar School and Mary A. Cunningham Junior High School in East Milton, MA, Needham High School in Needham, MA, Tilton School in Tilton, NH, the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH and the Philadelphia Divinity School in Philadelphia, PA. He received a Bachelor of Science, Master of Divinity and Bachelor of Sacred Theology degrees.
He served in the United States Navy during World War II, being transferred to the USS Wisconsin after VJ Day.
After some years in business, he attended seminary and was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1957. Father Pearson served mission and parishes in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In 1978, he was ordained a priest in the Antiochian Orthodox Church and in 1986 Father Pearson was accepted as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey.
His vocation was the priesthood and his avocation was the protection of the unborn human life, being a member of New Jersey Right to Life before the Supreme Court Decision of Roe vs. Wade. This entailed many confrontations, arrests and incarcerations. His long-suffering wife took part more often than not and a son and daughter tried their part.
Father Pearson leaves his ever devoted wife, Nancy Bickhart Pearson; daughter, Rebecca and her children, Frances and Andrew; son, Mark his wife Suzanne and children Conner, Rachael and Marissa; son John and his children, Chadwick and Emma, daughter Jane and husband Christopher and children Grace, Luke and Jack. A child, Mary Ann died at birth.
Relatives and friends are invited to visit from 9:30 am until his Funeral Mass at 11 am Saturday at St. Jerome’s Roman Catholic Church, 254 Wall Street, West Long Branch. Burial will follow at Glenwood Cemetery in West Long Branch. Human Life International
www.hli.org
4 Family Life Lane
Front Royal ,VA 22630