Nels Kenneth Pearson

Background

Pearson, Nels Kenneth was born on May 2, 1918 in Algonquin, Illinois, United States. Son of Nels Pehr and Anna (Fyre) Pearson.

Education

Graduated from the high school.

Career

Assembly line foreman Oak Manufacturing Company, Crystal Lake, Illinois, 1935—1943. Served in the United States Army, 1943—1946. Apprentice tool and die maker Oak Manufacturing Company, Crystal Lake, Illinois, 1946—1950.

Co-founder, president Wauconda Tool and Engineering Company, Algonquin, 1950—1986. Co-founder, treasurer Kenmode Tool and Engineering Company, Inc., 1960—1972. Founder, owner Kar-Lor Enterprises, Crystal Lake, since 1986.

Achievements

• Nels Kenneth Pearson has been listed as a noteworthy manufacturing executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Restoring, showing and travelling in antique automobiles 1911 thru 1927.

Connections

Married Louise Mary Houston (Lenox), June 28, 1941 (deceased December 1996). Children: Lorine Marie Pearson Walters, Karla Jean. Married Ethel Jane Pearson, July 26, 1997.

Father:

Nels Pehr Pearson

Mother:

Anna (Fyre) Pearson

Spouse:

Louise Mary HoustonLenox

Spouse:

Ethel Jane Pearson

child:

Karla Jean Pearson

child:

Lorine Marie Pearson Walters Pearson