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Cornelia “Corie” Pederson, 89, of rural Underwood
Published 9:11am Monday, January 16, 2012 Updated 11:16am Monday, January 16, 2012Cornelia Pederson, died Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at PioneerCare Center in Fergus Falls.
She was born Aug. 12, 1922, at home on the Joten Lake farm in rural Dalton, the daughter of Cornelius and Kooshe (deBloois) Mark. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Country School District No. 20 in 1937.
In her young adult life she worked at the ammunition plant in New Brighton, MN.
On March 28, 1945, she married Hjalmer C. Pederson at the church parsonage in Underwood. She and Hjalmer purchased the Pederson farm which had been homesteaded in 1870 by Hjalmer’s grandfather. Corie became an homemaker, preparing one excellent meal after another, cooking, baking, cleaning, sewing, gardening, canning, ironing, feeding chickens, scrapbooking, fixing anything that was broken, doing yard work, painting , and raising children. It is safe to say that there was nothing she couldn’t do.
In 1964, she also went to work for the State Hospital as a psyc. tech. She enjoyed working there for 25 years. Corie loved to work, but she was likewise great at having fun. She loved the visits with her parents, brother, sisters, nieces and nephews, and her children’s friends. She also loved her family in Holland and visited the Netherlands three times and developed lifelong friendships with her Dutch cousins.
Corie was a faithful and longtime supporter of the Sverdrup Lutheran Church.
She loved time with her children and grand and great grandchildren. She was a tremendous organizer and orchestrator of family events. She created many, many memories for her family and friends. We know that such a long and rich life is to be celebrated, not mourned.
We know that her values and influence survive because they are woven into our fabric. Yet, we will miss her terribly.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her faithful husband of 64 years, Hjalmer Pederson; and her siblings, Huberdina, John and Martin Mark.
Survivors include her three children, Mark (Kati) Pederson of Underwood, Marilou Pederson (Peck) of Edina, and James (Susan) Pederson of Fargo; seven grandchildren: Trevor (Callie) Pederson, Kelly (Denny) Bosek, Trent (Tami) Pederson, Kori Pederson (Jones), Kelsey Pederson, Elizabeth Pederson and Zachary Pederson; six great-grandchildren, Riley and Spencer Pederson, Wyatt, Hunter and Kaden Bosek and Isaiah Jones; sisters Nellie Larson, Bessie Swendsrud and Marie Priebnow; and brothers, Henry and Floyd Mark.
Memorial Service: 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 23 at Sverdrup Lutheran Church, Underwood, with lunch to follow
Burial: Sverdrup Cemetery, Underwood.
Funeral Home: Olson Funeral Home, Fergus Falls
Condolences may be sent online at www.olsonfuneralhome.com
