Colleen Pearman

Colleen Kay Pearman, 70, of Colony, Kansas, passed away Friday, October 16, 2015, at Iola Nursing Center. Colleen was born January 23, 1945, in Iola, the daughter of Eugene Samuel and Esther Mabel (Sutterby) Robb. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1963, Iola Junior College in 1965 and Pittsburg State University earning her Bachelor's degree in Music Education. In 1982 she received her Master's in Music from Pittsburg State featuring pipe organ performance. Over her teaching career she taught music at Crest, Moran, Leroy, Chanute, Stockton and Cottey College as an adjunct professor in piano and organ. She gave private organ and piano lessons over the years in Colony, Iola, Humboldt and Chanute. She has also served as church organist for the Humboldt United Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church in Iola, First United Methodist Church in Independence, KS and First Presbyterian Church in Chanute. Besides music, she also enjoyed quilting all of her life, quilting special items for Porthaults Ltd. of New York and Paris. Gardening and growing flowers was another one of her hobbies. Family was very important to Colleen and she enjoyed family reunions and being with her loved ones. Colleen was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Iola and the American Guild of Organists. On May 29, 1964, Colleen married Gerald L. Pearman at First Baptist Church in Iola. He survives. She is also survived by her daughter, Sarah Coltrane & husband, Nathan of Independence, KS, her son, Morgan Samuel Pearman of Iola, 3 brothers, E.S. Robb & wife, Joan of Iola, Carl Robb & wife, Sandra of Iola, and Roger Robb of Hockley, TX, sister-in-law Margaret Robb of Iola, and 3 grandchildren, Jonathan, Maurin & Matthias Coltrane. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Don Wayne Robb and John Robb. VISITATION: 6:00-8:00 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, Grace Lutheran Church, 117 E. Miller Road, Iola. FUNERAL SERVICE: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, at Grace Lutheran Church, 117 E. Miller Road, Iola. BURIAL: Highland Cemetery, Iola, KS MEMORIAL CHOICES: Grace Lutheran Church or the Fisk Organ Fund at PSU Memorial gifts may be left with the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, which is in charge of arrangements. To sign the guestbook online or leave a condolence, go to www.iolafuneral.com .