Details on Peder's Life

Peder was a short and stalky man, although his seven brothers were by comparison huge. It has been said that the most likley reason for his small size was a case of Scarlet fever that he had when he was young. For his size however he was stalky and very built, lending to his eventual career.

Upon arriving in the US, he took up working as a carpenter and later in building costruction. He was seemingly proud of his work, having once chased a subcontractor from a jobsite with an axe for doing a poor job.

Initially he was not fond of my Grandomother Inez, but became closer with Palmer and Inez and lived with them off and on for the remainder of his life after realizing how much Palmer cared from Inez.

To my Father Knute, he was an intimidating man. Knute has only one recolation of his Grandfather, as he passed away when he was very young, but it has stuck with him. When we was a young boy living in Memphis, TN, Peder came to visit. He had a pickup truck that he had converted into a temporary home similar to what would later become comercially available as the "truck bed camper". Curious as to what was inside, Knute and his brother Barry carefully put the tuck tailgate down and went inside to look around. Preoccupied with their adventure, they did not notice that Peder had come out of the house. In a heavy norweigen accent, he yells at the boys (now inside the truck camper) "Whaaatr areee ya dooooin in my truuck". Knute does not remember how Barry got away, or where he escaped to, but he headed directly upstairs to his bed and hid underneath untill his mother came to get him out later on. From there on out he remembered Peder as being somewhat frightning, but that would likly be the case for any kid caught in the act of exploring grandpa's camper without permission and getting caught.


 

( Jared Holm added this on 28 Sep 2009)