Gail Lea Pearl was born on June 25, 1940, in Harper, Kansas, to Robert Paul and Laura Isabel (Mayberry) Hoover.  Raised in Harper with her older and younger sister, she attended Harper Elementary and Harper High School, graduating with the class of 1958.  Coming from a musically talented family, Gail excelled at singing.  After high school, her singing led her to attend Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas.

On October 11, 1959, Gail was united in marriage with Lyle Edwin Pearl.  The young couple made their home in Harper.  Along with being a homemaker, Gail worked various jobs around town including managing the city pool for 4 years.  In 1971, they moved to a farmstead west of Harper and this became their life home.  Their two daughters, Crystal and Jewel, had already been born into the family by this time and a few years later they had a son, Morgan.  Gail added being a farm wife to her talents, where she helped with the animals, prepared meals and delivered them when needed, ran for parts, tended the garden, overall handyman, and quite simply did anything and everything that needed to be done.

A lifelong member of the Harper United Methodist Church, she volunteered her services in many aspects and of course sang on many occasions.  Gail was friendly, outgoing, fun, had a great sense of humor, was caring, charismatic, nurturing, a great listener, counselor, and advice giver.  She had been a member of the P.E.O, Chapter B.V. in Harper.  Gail loved to travel, was an amazing cook, loved her family and friends and was a natural caretaker to all.  She cherished her time with her grandchildren and even shared her secret recipe for brownies with her youngest granddaughter, Abigail.

After singing for many funerals, Gail went to work as an assistant for Prairie Rose Funeral Homes.  She assisted in the office and during funerals, greeting everyone with her amazing smile.  As a lifelong resident, active in the community and church, there were few people she didn't know.  Gail was a valued and beloved member of the staff (family) for 18 years and will forever be irreplaceable.

With family and friends surrounding her, Gail passed away peacefully on June 5, 2024, at the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Isabel Hoover; infant son, Eric Jason Pearl; husband, Lyle on September 19, 2023; her sisters, Velda Walsh and Karen McDermeit; brother-in-law, Jim Walsh; and sister-in-law, Pat Pearl.  Gail will be deeply missed by her children: Crystal Worthan and husband, David of Wichita, Kansas, Jewel Murdock and husband, Roger of Meriden, Kansas, and Morgan Pearl and wife, Janelle of Salina, Kansas; brothers-in-law: Clay McDermeit of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Carroll Pearl of Slidell, Louisiana and Harold Pearl and wife, Nita of Harper; grandchildren: Daniel Worthan (Chloe), CleoAnne Hundley (Chris), Jacob, Zachary, and Braden Murdock, and Abigail Pearl; great-grandchildren: Harrison and Isabel Hundley and Vivian Worthan; nieces and nephews; other relatives and many, many friends.

Friends may view and register Sunday at the funeral home from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. with family present to greet friends from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Funeral Service is 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Harper United Methodist Church with Pastor Bruce Wilson officiating.  Graveside Service follows at the Harper Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Harper County Health Foundation (for the dialysis campaign) or Harper United Methodist Church and can be sent in care of Prairie Rose Funeral Homes, 613 W 14th St ~ Harper, Kansas 67058.