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Pedersen, Martin A.

Martin Pedersen, age 91 of Bennington, died at Brookestone Village in Omaha on Saturday, January 9, 2021. He was preceded in death by: his parents; 1st wife, Delores Pedersen; and a sister, Barbara Smetzer. Martin is survived by: his wife, Sharon Pedersen of Bennington; daughters, Terri (Mark) Summey of Emporia, KS, Vicki Dunkle of Blair, NE and Tammy (David) Bowes of Elkhorn, NE; 10 grandchildren; a sister, Ane Ertzner of San Jose, CA; and a brother, Pete Pedersen of Omaha, NE.

Funeral services will be held at 11 am Friday, January 15, 2021 at Bethany Lutheran Church with Rev. Liz Dieseth Pearl officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Omaha with full military honors. Visitation with the family present will be on Thursday, January 14, 2021 from 6 pm until 8 pm at Reichmuth Funeral Home in Elkhorn. Memorials in lieu of flowers can be made to either Bethany Lutheran Church or Museum of Danish America at Elk Horn, Iowa at https://www.danishmuseum.org/.

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

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