Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran
Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran
SBT 1/27/1983
Martin R.
(Pete) Pedersen
May 24, 1926
– January 27, 1983
Martin R. (Pete)
Pedersen, 56, of 137 E. Pendle St., Roseland, died at 9:4am today
in Memorial Hospital after being ill for several months. He
was employed as Pete the Plumber.
He was born on May
24, 1926, in Clifton KS, and lived in South Bend for 25 years,
coming from Kansas. On February 22, 1969, in South Bend, he
married Evelyn Ringh, who survives. Also surviving are two
daughters, Mrs. Sherri Montgomery and Mrs. Shirley Lisler, both
of Clifton; a son, Dennis Pedersen of Clifton; a stepson, James
Kabzinski of New Carlisle; 10 grandchildren; a great grandchild;
and two sisters, Mrs. Helen West of Clifton and Mrs. Wilma Snell
of Fayberry NB.
Services will be
at 3pm Sunday in the Welsheimer North Chapel, 52803 US 33 N.,
where friends may call after 1pm Sunday. Rev. Harry D.
Collier, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, will
officiate. Cremation will take place. He was a member
of American Legion Post 116 of Niles, the Fathers’ Auxiliary
Post 64 of VFW of Niles and the Clay Democratic Club. Memorial
contributions may be made to the St Joseph County Cancer Society.