Audrey Pedersen

Audrey Ramona Pedersen of Pea Ridge, passed away on Sept. 29, 2018 due to an accidental fall. She was born April 6, 1940 in Webster, S.D., the only child of Casper and Evelyn Johnson (nee Kampen). She attended St. Olaf College where she met Donald B. Pedersen and they were married May 4, 1963. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Minnesota, receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in 1962. She graduated from the University Arkansas with a Master of Music Degree. In 1994 Audrey became a church musician and choir director, continuing until her death. She was a specialist in rearranging music for small and often unbalanced church choirs. She is preceded in death by her parents, her grandson Dillon Jones and daughter Holly Pedersen. She is survived by her husband Don; sons Theodore Pedersen and wife Ayda of Duluth, Minn., and Roger Pedersen of Fayetteville, Ark.; daughters Barbara Harmon and husband Wesley, Paula Pedersen, Donna Davis and husband Jason, all of the Fayetteville area; eight grandchildren, and several very special cousins in America and Norway. A memorial service celebrating her life will be held at Brightwater Memorial United Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13. A reception will follow in the fellowship hall. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Brightwater Memorial United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 2320, Rogers, Ark. 72756 or through Paypal at [email protected]. Online condolences may be made at siscofuneralhome.net.