PEDERSEN, Peter K. 1890-1958

PEDERSEN, TOMLINSON

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 11/17/2019 at 07:36:18

Peter K. Pedersen Died Last Wednesday

Peter K. Pedersen died last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Hans H. Pedersen at Dike. He was 68 years old. Death was attributed to a heart attack. He was a retired farmer.

Mr. Pedersen was the son of Christian and Antamina Pedersen. He was born in Randers, Denmark November 6, 1890. He came to the United States in 1914 and resided at Cedar Falls for a number of years. He was married to Anna Tomlinson.

Two sisters and two brothers, as well as his parents, preceded him in death. Surviving are one brother and four sisters, all living in Denmark, and two nieces, Mrs. Howard Lynch and Mrs. Andrew Groote of Reinbeck, and two nephews, Harold K. Pedersen of Cedar Falls and Pete Pedersen of Arlington, Calif.

He was a member of the Hudson Post of the American Legion, being a Veteran of World War 1. He served overseas in France during the war.

Funeral services were Saturday afternoon at the Dahl Funeral Home, Cedar Falls. Burial was in the Dike Cemetery. Rev. Stub of the Fredsville Lutheran Church officiated.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 6 November 1958, pg 17