Bobette L. Pedersen

WHITE BEAR LAKE -- Bobette L. Pedersen, 59, White Bear Lake, formerly of Motley and Staples, died Monday, Jan. 13, 2003, at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.

She was born July 26, 1943, in Staples to Robert Eugene and Letitia Rose (Cantleberry) Thorn. She graduated from Motley school in 1961. She worked at the Staples hospital. She was living in White Bear Lake and worked at Hennepin County Medical Center for the past 14 years.

Survivors include her mother; a son, James, Inver Grove Heights; a daughter, Latitia Pedersen, St. Paul; four grandchildren; two brothers, Gary Thorn and Robert Thorn Jr.; and two sisters, Robin Kramer and Gail Quinn.

Her father died earlier.

Services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Brenny Funeral Home in Staples with Deacon Tom Langlois officiating. Burial will be in the Scandia Valley Cemetery near Lincoln. Memorials are preferred.