- Date Of Birth: June 20, 1909
- Date Of Death: June 18, 2007
- State: Massachusetts
Bessie R. (Philbrick) Pedersen Heald of Rockport, a former Greater Lowell resident who was active in civic organizations, died Monday, June 18, 2007 at Beverly Hospital in Beverly, two days before her 98th birthday. She was the wife of the late Oscar E. Pedersen and the late Elmer L. Heald.
She was born in New Boston, NH, a daughter of the late Fred D. and Elizabeth (Frost) Philbrick. She was educated in the Billerica and Carlisle school systems and graduated from Concord High School in 1927.
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She is survived by a son, Kenneth M. Pedersen of Bedford; three daughters and their spouses, Janis and Charles Jenkins, with whom she made her home in Rockport, Carol and John Houghton and Pauline and Clark Garon, all of Westford; and a sister and brother-in-law, Libby and Sam Parisi of Florida. She also leaves numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
She was also the mother of the late William E. Pedersen and Jane Pedersen.
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