Thorkild "Tom" Pedersen

January 29, 1930 - February 19, 2017

Thorkild “Tom” Pedersen age 87 of Blair, passed away February 19, 2017 at Crowell Home in Blair. Funeral services will be held Friday, February 24, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Hillside Christian Church located at 1133 N 28th Ave, Blair, NE. Visitation will be held Thursday from 6 to 8 PM at Campbell Aman Funeral Home. Tom was born in Orre, Denmark on January 29, 1930 the eighth of nine children to Johan Christian and Sorine Margrethe Pedersen. He was baptized on February 23, 1930. Tom graduated from tech school with a major in Architecture and Engineering Degree. He married Tove Lyng Lauridsen on April 8, 1953. In 1958 the couple immigrated to Calgary-Alberta, Canada before immigrating to Blair in 1961. Tom started T.Pedersen Masonry were he built many buildings in Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa. He loved to travel, fish, hunt mushrooms, talk politics and fish some more. Tom is survived by his three children: Laurids (Judi) Pedersen, Johan (Nancy) Pedersen and Bernice (Bob) Pearson, all of Blair; six grandchildren: Lars and Andra Pedersen, Zachary (Sara) and Bjorn Pedersen and Jason and Chase Pearson; brother Bent and sister Musse. Proceeded in death by his parents, brothers and sisters: Vaughn, Jens, Irving, Borge, Henning and Poula. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Washington County Food Pantry or the Blair Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad.