Pearl Hacker

Pearl T. (Schueller) Hacker cherished wife, mother, and grandmother entered eternal life on September 13, 2011. She was born in Milwaukee, WI, May 17, 1923 to the late Engelbert and Odelia (Hermann) Schueller. There she attended school at Holy Angels Parish and graduated from Messmer High School in 1941.
Following high school, Pearl worked at Marshall & Ilsley Bank. On November 18, 1950, she married her beloved husband of sixty years, Lawrence G. Hacker, also of Milwaukee, who worked in printing and lithography. Pearl worked as a homemaker and together they raised six children.
Pearl was a caring and faithful wife and mother. She was proud of her twenty-one grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She remembered everyone's birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays, and fostered the education and opportunities of all her grandchildren.
For forty-seven years, Pearl was active in parish life at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church. She assisted in the school library, church office, liturgy, and participated in Bible study groups. She valued neighbors and friends and maintained long-lasting relationships. Pearl showed her compassion for others by being a regular blood donor for many years at the Red Cross and serving meals to those in need at St. Paul's Catholic Center and Luke House.
Pearl passed away Tuesday September 13, 2011, at age 88. She is survived by her husband, children Paul (Connie) Hacker of McFarland, Mary (John) Pandl of Waukesha, Nancy (Ronald) Jones of Appleton, Daniel (Carla) Hacker of Madison, Martin Hacker of Middleton, and Jeanne (Paul) Cargill of Evansville, her brothers Leroy (Leona) and William Schueller, twenty-one grandchildren: Anna (Tyler) Goswick, Amy, Katie, and Gloria Hacker, Michael (Tina) Pandl, Betsy (Joseph) Harbaugh, Sarah (Sister M. Teresa) Pandl, Ruth (Shane) Gerstl, Matthew and Hannah Pandl, Laura (Kenny) Leonard, Eric (Erika) Jones, Isaac (Natalia) Hacerola, Jonah and Lilly Hacker, Melissa, Ben, Emily and Mackenzie Hacker, Erin and Max Cargill, and nine great grandchildren: Abigail, Joshua, Monica and Luke Pandl, Olivia Pearl and James Harbaugh, Dominic Gerstl, Aiden Leonard, Braeden Kuske, plus two more expected. She is preceded in death by her parents, sisters Charlotte (John) McCauley and Luella (James) Holzbauer, and brother Kenneth (Joan) Schueller.
A visitation is scheduled for Sunday, September 18, from 2:00 to 5:00 PM at Cress Funeral Home at 3610 Speedway Road, Madison.
On Monday, September 19, visitation begins at 9:30 AM until the time of the Mass of Christian burial at 11:00 AM at St. Maria Goretti Church, 5313 Flad Ave, Madison.
The family suggests memorials be sent to Food For The Poor, Inc. or St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church.