PEDERSEN, Arnt B. 1891-1968

PEDERSEN, OSTENSON, ANGELIKIS

Posted By: Karen L. Robertson (email)
Date: 12/28/2011 at 16:58:21

Funeral services for Arnt B. Pedersen, 77, of Mound, Minn., who died at a Watertown, Minn. hospital February 12, 1968, were held February 16 at 1 p.m. at the First Lutheran church here with the Rev. Don Comnick officiating.

Burial was in Six Mile Grove Lutheran cemetery near Lyle.

Arnt B. Pedersen was born on November 25, 1891 in Tromsoe, Norway, the son of Tobias and Hannah Pedersen. He came to the United States at the age of 15 with his parents, settling in Grinnell where relatives were living. Later the family moved to Minneapolis where the father and two sons started a painting business which continued until 1940 when the elder Pedersen died.

Sometime later Mr. Arnt Pedersen, an interior decorater, retired from his business and moved to Mound, Minn. on Lake Minnetonka.

Mr. Pedersen and his family were members of the Free church in Norway.

Survivors include his wife, the former Lillian Ostenson of Lyle, and now of Mound; one brother, John of Plymouth, Minnesota; one sister, Mrs. Hedwig Angelikis of Minneapolis.

Source: St. Ansgar Enterprise