Mitchell County IA Archives Obituaries.....Pederson, Olaf D. May 13, 2007
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St. Ansgar Enterprise Journal    5/19/2007
     Olaf D. Pederson, 84, of St. Ansgar, died on Sunday, May 13 2007, at the 
Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood.  Funeral services were held on Friday, 
May 18, 2007, at 10:00 AM at First Baptist Church in Austin, Minnesota with the 
Rev. David Johnson officiating.  Burial was in Woodbury Cemetery, Lyle, MN.
     Olaf D. Pederson was born April 1, 1923, to Sever and Julia (Olson) 
Pederson in Hawley, Minnesota.
     He went to grade school in Meltonville, Iowa and graduated from Otranto 
High School.
     Olaf married Boneta Young on October 22, 1944, in Austin, Minnesota.  World 
War II was on when they married and Olaf was stationed in the Pacific Theatre on 
the USS Steady.  After his honorable discharge from the Navy, Olaf and Boneta 
farmed on the family farm near Carpenter, Iowa.
     He enjoyed farming especially dairy farming.  He also worked for years at 
Wilson's in Albert Lea and then Continental Grain in Northwood.
     Olaf enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.  He liked to play 
cribbage with them and also liked taking them fishing.
     Olaf was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, his wife Boneta, 
and daughter Beverly.
     Olaf is survived by four sons:  Donald and Penny Pederson of Garner, and 
their children, Jessica and Frank Duregger of Fort Myers, FL, and their 
children, Chanel, Macy and Giselle; Piper and Ross Charlton and their daughter 
Sophia of Worthington, MN; Cole and Chelsey Pederson of Waterloo, Iowa.  Son 
Marvin and Jill Pederson of Jeners?, Minn., and their children Sara and Terry 
Hemann of St. Ansgar and their children, Brooke, Jacob and Kaitlyn, Josh 
Pederson of Mankato, MN.  Tim and Kristi Pederson of Harlan, Phil and Carrie 
Pederson and daughter Emma of Mankato, MN.  Son Paul and Margaret Pederson of 
Carpenter, and their children, Lucas and Stacy Brown and their children, Ella 
and Ethan of Mason City, Nathan, Kjersti, and Sam of Carpenter.  Son Steve and 
Sue Pederson of Dike, and their children Kelsey and Kent Garrison of 
Indianapolis, IN, Israel Pederson of West Lafayette, IN and Drew Pederson of 
Dike.  His grandchildren Kris (Cooper) Gunn and her husband Tony and children 
Austin and kaylle of Los Angeles,CA, Tom Cooper of Los Angeles, and Kathi 
(Cooper) Ferguson and children Joshua and Grade of Denver, CO.


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