Pearle V. Koller, age 97 of Monticello, died on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at the Monroe Manor. Pearle was born on May 27, 1916 in Jordan Township, the 7th of 8 children to Franklin Edwin and Rose (Stauffacher) Ellis. She attended Simmons Rural School and married Jacob Koller on May 29, 1936 in Iowa.