Dorothy
Pederson, 83
Plummer
- Dorothy I. Pederson, 83, died Saturday, May
18, 2002 at Oakland Park Nursing Home in Thief
River Falls.
Funeral
services were held at 11 
a.m.
on Monday, May 20, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in
Plummer with Rev. Frank Ehling officiating. Linda
Olson was the organist and soloist. Casketbearers
included
Jim
Seibel, Tom Seibel, Harold Vatthauer, Loren
LaFayette, Cory Pederson, and Don Fox. Interment
was in Evergreen Cemetery near Red Lake Falls with
Johnson Funeral Service in charge of the
arrangements.
Dorothy
I. Luxemburg was born on June 9, 1918 in Red Lake
Falls, the daughter of Jesse and Anna (Nurath)
Luxemburg. She attended school in Red Lake Falls
and graduated from the Northwest School of
Agriculture in Crookston. Following high school,
she attended Grand Forks Business College,
graduating with an associate degree.
On
June 5, 1940, Dorothy was united in marriage to
Ernest Pederson in Bemidji. The couple lived in
Bemidji for a few years before moving to Plummer
where they farmed. In 1960, they moved from the
farm into Plummer. Dorothy worked as a waitress in
Bemidji and Red Lake Falls and as the
secretary/bookkeeper at Plummer High School from
1964 to 1982. Ernest died on May 26,
2001.
She
was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and its
Ladies Aid and circle and the Plummer American
Legion Auxiliary.
Dorothy
enjoyed reading, gardening, walking, sewing, and
quilting.
Survivors
include four daughters, Beverly (Harold) Waldal of
Phoenix, Ariz., Linda (Michael) King of Milwaukee,
Wisc., Judy (Wally) Nyland of Seattle, Wash., and
Donna (Ken) Wisniewski of Wind Lake, Wisc.; a son,
Richard (Debbie) Pederson of Waterford, Wisc.; six
grandchildren; a great-grandchild; a brother, Erwin
Weiss of Red Lake Falls; three sisters, Betty
Seibel of Red Lake Falls, Jean Johnson of Phoenix,
Ariz., and Marge Lindsay of Seminole, Fla.; and
several nieces and nephews.
Dorothy
was preceded in death by her husband and parents.
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