Mrs. Pierce had been employed as an LPN at Tn-County Hospital in Gowanda.
She was the daughter of the late Cornelius and Ruby (Jimerson) Waterman; mother of Bobbie Harding and Beryl Pierce, both of Irving; foster mother of Starline Spring and Ruby Schindler; and sister of Gloria Thompson of California, Bruce Waterman of Rhode Island, Carson Waterman of Salamanca, Gary Schindler of Irving and the late Kathleen Waterman; also survived by one grandchild and four great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were by the Mentley Funeral Home Inc., Gowanda.