Pearl MacLennan
Pearl E. MacLennan, 96,
Indianapolis, went home
to be with her Lord May
9, 2021.
She was the daughter of
Peter and Ella (Johnson)
Thingstad, Norwegian im-
migrants who homestead-ed in South Prairie, ND.
Born in 1924, Pearl was
the youngest of her 8
brothers and sisters, Esth-
er, Bernice, Charlotte,
Prudence, Irwin, Perry,
Iver and Gladys.
Pearl’s early years were
spent working on the
farm, “walking” to school
and singing in Saron
Lutheran, the church
founded by her father. In
her early 20’s she moved
to Minot where she ulti-
mately met her future
husband, Alex MacLen-
nan. Born in Thunder
Bay, Ontario Canada, Alex
moved to Minot for a job
with The Minot Daily
News. This was the begin-
ning of his career in the
newspaper industry
which ultimately relocat-
ed them to Indianapolis
with the Beverage Paper
Company. They were
married for 44 years be-
fore Alex passed away in
1992.
Pearl was an amazing
wife, mother, aunt, friend,
neighbor, housewife and
athlete. Whether it was
learning to drive, swim,
play golf, bowl, play
bridge or teaching the
neighborhood boys to
dance before the high
school prom, she was up
for any challenge!!!
An accomplished
bridge player who spent
many hours organizing
Goodwill bridge and
bridge nights at Five Sea-
sons for her bridge family
of friends. Golf and bowl-
ing were her other pas-
sions – she had a
hole-in-one on her 70th
birthday and won first
place in 2004 with her St.
Luke’s bowling team!!!
Las Vegas was one of her
favorite places to visit, see
shows, play her favorite
slot machines at the Fabu-
lous Flamingo and win!!
An exceedingly kind
person with a big heart,
Pearl always put family
first.
She is survived by: her
children, Gregory A. Ma-
cLennan, of Indianapolis
and Georgene F. MacLen-
nan of Carmel.
We would like to thank
relatives, friends, her
neighbors of 60+ years,
the Wellbrooke of Carmel
Legacy caregivers, and
Guardian Angel Hospice
for caring and loving her
every day of her life.
If desired, friends can
make a memorial contri-
bution to NAMI (National
Alliance on Mental Ill-
ness) Indiana at
https://www.namiind
iana.org/