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Mildred (Mid) (Hestad) Pederson

Posted 2009-09-16 by Sharon
The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
June 22, 2005, p. B10.

Mildred "Mid" Pederson, age 91, died on Thursday, June 9, 2005, at the Johnson Memorial Home in Dawson.

Funeral service was held Monday, June 13 at the Grace Lutheran Church in Dawson with Pastor Kendall Stelter officiating. Burial was in Grace Lutheran Cemetery.

Mildred "Mid" Pederson was born September 20, 1913, in Watertown, S.D., the daughter of August and Bessie (Swanson) Hestad. She was united in marriage to Donald E. Pederson on November 5, 1939. They lived in several communities in eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota before settling in Dawson, Minn. in 1947.

Mid was active in Grace Lutheran Church (GLCW) and as a summer Bible School teacher. She also was a Cub Scout Den Mother and a Girl Scout Troop Leader. Don and Mid retired in 1980, and relocated to Wickenburg, Ariz.

In the spring of 1993, they returned to Dawson. During her younger years, Mid enjoyed traveling and camping with her family, and in her later years, Mid and Don traveled throughout the U.S. in their travel home.

Mid died on Thursday, June 9, 2005, at the Johnson Memorial Home in Dawson at the age of 91 years, 8 months, and 19 days.

Mid is survived by her children David (Peggy) Pederson of Dawson, Nancy (Al) Murphy of Boise, Idaho, and Douglas (Brenda) Pederson of Starbuck, Minn.; grandsons Curtis (Amy) Wilson, Jonathan (Sara) Wilson, Jeremy (Noni) Wilson, Scott (Christi) Pederson, Michael Pederson, and Dustin Londgren; and great-grandchildren Zachary, Jared, and Tyler Wilson; Jacob S. and Annika Pederson; and Jacob J. Pederson.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 54 years, Don
on November 3, 1993; brother George Hestad, Sr.; and sisters Laurel Tiedt, Lillian Eidelback, and Alice Anderson.




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