Obituary: Pederson, Virgil Anton
Age 85
He leaves behind his wife of 51 years, Dolores Pederson six children he raised with Dolores: Ken, Cathy, Jimmy, Steve, Shelle and Greg; and four children from a previous marriage: Ricki, Belinda, Randy, Shannon; All together they had 36 grandchildren, 55 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Virgil was born November 15, 1929 in Usk, Washington to Anton and Ella Pederson.
He grew up in the Usk, Newport area until he joined the service in 1947; serving in the Korean war during that time.
After his discharge he went to work for Bonneville Power and miscellaneous logging jobs.
He later accepted a trucking job that took him to Iowa where he met his love, Dolores Scheller.
Six weeks later they married and moved to Washington State where they raised their children.
After retiring, they traveled, at times being a camp host at RV parks were they met and and became friends with people from all over.
They continued their great adventures until Virg’s eyesight went bad.
They then moved to Spokane and settled in with their oldest son Kenny.
Virg’s great loves were his wife, his children and grandchildren and of course fishing.
Many stories start out with “oh I remember one time when grandpa took me fishing and we…” He was the best husband, dad, grandpa, great-grandpa, great-great-grandpa, son and uncle.
He will truly be missed by all.