LAURITS PEDERSEN
PEDERSEN, LAURITS: Clergyman; b Ore, Denmark Apr 11, 1901; s of Carl Pedersen-Anna Christina Petersen; ed Fresno Cal HS; Dana Coll, Blair Neb; Trinity Theological Seminary, Blair Neb; Waterloo Leikern Seminary, Waterloo Ontario Canada; ordained 1929; m Ellen Alberta Bondo July 1, 1930 Albert Lea Minn; s Donald Bondo; 1928-29 mission student pastor, Toronto Canada; 1929-34 pastor St Paul’s Luth Ch, Ringsted, 1934- Emanual Luth Ch, Harlan; 1939- secy Iowa Dist of United Danish Evang Luth Ch; dir Salem Old Peoples Home, Shelby Co; past secy-treas Harlan Recreational com 2 years; mbr Dana Coll chair which toured Denmark & Norway 1929; Kiwanis; Comml Club; hobby: gardening; off & res 1505 S 7th, Harlan.
From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1117. Transcribed by Denise Wurner, March, 2013.
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