SIKESTON -- Pearl Arelene Leist, 36, of Sikeston, died Thursday, Jan. 13, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Sept. 30, 1957, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Pearl and Alma Riley Probst. She and Billy Leist were married Aug. 27, 1982, in Cape Girardeau.

Leist had worked at VIP Industries, and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ.

Survivors include her husband; a son, Fred Leist of Sikeston; her mother of Cape Girardeau; five brothers, Paul Probst of Scott City, Glen Probst of Wichita, Kan., Leroy Probst of Poplar Bluff, James and Ronnie Probst of Cape Girardeau; three sisters, Lelia Fritz of Morley, Freida Jones and Audrey Denny of Cape Girardeau.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. Pastor Faye Bumpas will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today.