Obituary: John T. Frederickson

John Theodore Frederickson, age 91, died January 8, at Northfield Hospital, Northfield. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 am on Saturday January 13 at Bethesda Lutheran Church in rural Murdock, MN. Interment will be at Sacred Heart cemetery in Murdock. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Bethesda. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Funeral and Cremation Services, Willmar, MN.

John was born to Anna Nybakke Frederickson and Theodore Frederickson on his parents’ farm near Murdock, Minnesota on May 23, 1915. He attended school in the one-room country school in Hayes Township and in Kerkhoven where his family lived a number of years. John also attended the University of Minnesota farm campus. He married Eileen Shields of Benson on February 12, 1944. John and Eileen farmed in the Murdock area for 48 years. They retired to Willmar, MN in 1992 and moved to Northfield, MN in 2004 where they resided at he Northfield Retirement Center.

John is survived by his wife Eileen; daughter and son-in-law Mary Ann and Walt Kilgo of Dallas, TX; son and daughter-in-law Steven and Donna Frederickson and granddaughter Stephanie of Denver, CO; daughter Marie Frederickson, son-in-law John Schnorr and grandsons Richert (R.J.) and Steven Schnorr of Northfield, MN; daughter Carol and son-in-law Mark Thompson and grandchildren Christopher and Laura of St. Louis Park, MN. He was preceded in death by his parents, sisters Ruth and Alice, and brothers Rudolph and Donnel.

Arrangements are with the Benson & Langehough Funeral Home in Northfield.