Died 21 March 1950

Burial in Fremont Memorial Park Cemetery

#1-Published in Pilot Tribune on 23 March 1950

MR. PEDERSEN DEAD AT 59

EX-COUNTIAN DIES; 90-YEAR-OLD BLAIR MOTHER IS AMONG SURVIVORS

August G. Pedersen, 59-year-old Fremont barber and former Washington Countian, died Tuesday afternoon at a Fremont hospital. He had been ill a month.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Fremont Congregational Church, and there will be Masonic rites at the graveside in Fremont Memorial Park Cemetery.

Born in Denmark August 14, 1890, he came to America with his parents as a baby first to Omaha, then to a Washington county farm. He attended school in and near Kennard.

Surviving Mr. Pedersen are his wife, Anne; his mother, Mrs. Marie Pedersen, 90, of Blair; six brothers, Gus of Lincoln, Jack of Chicago, Chris of Benson, Leonard E. of Kennard, Oscar and Ted Pedersen of Blair; and a sister, Mrs. Camilla Biggerstaff of Newcastle, Nebr.

#2-23 Mar., 1950 - The Enterprise

AUGUST PEDERSEN DIES OF BROKEN BACK

August Pedersen of Fremont and former Blair man, passed away Tuesday afternoon at the Dodge County Community hospital. The deceased, 59 years of age, died of complications resulting from a broken back. He had lived in Fremont 24 years.

He is a brother of Oscar, Ted and Leonard Pedersen, all of Blair.

In addition to the Blair men mentioned above, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Marie Pedersen of Blair and by a twin brother, Gus of Lincoln, a brother, Jack of Chicago, Chris of Benson and a sister, Mrs. Gamilla Biggerstaff, Newcastle, Neb. His wife also survives. The couple had no children.

The deceased was born in Denmark August 14, 1890, and came to this country with his parents when he was less than a year old.

He was married to Ann Kanester on April 22, 1914 at Burwell.

The body is at the Bader Funeral Home and services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Congregational church at Fremont.

In Fremont he was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Elks and the Congregational church.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

Find a Grave # 42870039