Geraldine Anne Marie Pedersen

Geraldine Anne Marie Pedersen, 88, of St. Paul, Nebraska, passed away peacefully at home on October 27, 2026.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, November 2, 2026, at Jacobsen-Greenway-Dietz Funeral Home in St. Paul. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery in St. Paul.

Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, November 2, 2026, also at Jacobsen-Greenway-Dietz Funeral Home in St. Paul.

Geraldine Anne Marie (Gdanitz) Pedersen was born August 27, 1938, to Joe and Helen (Schmidt) Gdanitz in a farmhouse North of Elba, Nebraska.

She attended kindergarten in the Elba Public School until the family moved to a farm by mid-way between Farwell and Elba, where she attended the rural school District #27 and District #18 up to 8th grade. Geraldine then attended St. Paul Public School graduating in 1956.

Following graduation Geraldine worked at Mutual of Omaha Insurance in Omaha, playing on their softball team, which was a lot of fun, Geraldine said. In 1958 she moved back to St. Paul and worked as a receptionist and lab technician for Dr. Ed and Dr. Bob Hanisch of St. Paul.

May 2, 1959, she married Clayton Pedersen in Elba, Nebraska.

Geraldine and Clayton farmed east of Wolbach their entire married life. They enjoyed raising their daughters, Teresa, Lorraine, and Louise on the farm. She was very active in church and the community; Geraldine was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church of Wolbach having served as a past Treasure and Secretary to the church circles, in 1976-1977, she was a former member of the church choir. She held the office of President for the Thrifty Women Extension Club, and for two years served as Leader of the Rock Creek 4-H Club. For many Years, 1982-2006 she served as the Republican Judge of the Wolbach precinct #2 of election receiving board. In 1998 she became an active member of the “Blue Birds Across NE”, becoming a coordinator for Greeley County, October 20,2001. Geraldine was the custodian for the Trinity Lutheran Church starting on September 1, 1996, for many years, and was a member of the Holy Tearers Quilt group of Trinity.

Her hobbies were fishing, earning herself a Master Angler Award in 1983. Geraldine enjoyed God’s great outdoors of her birds, raising, and making flower arrangements, and making special greeting cards. She played a clown, enjoying putting smiles on many people in the rest homes, birthday parties and Sunday School, once and a while she had a “clown partner” and they were known as the “Bopsie Twins.” Geraldine loved being Santa’s Helper especially honored to wear her Christmas outfit sewn by her special friend Alberta Glenn. Christmas and her children and grandchildren were the joy of her heart.

Geraldine is survived by her three daughters and sons-in-law; Teresa (Tim) Nielsen of South Dakota, Lorraine (James) Cook of Fullerton, Nebraska, Louise (Dave) Weber of Iowa; wonderful grandchildren; Tanner, Tiffany, Daniel, Brianna, Nick, Jared, and Lance; and four great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Kathryn Dubas of Fullerton, Nebraska; brother-in-law, George Wozniak of Colorado; numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clayton in 2023; brother, Gerald in 2004; his wife, Mary Lou in 2002; sisters-in-law, Phyllis Gebhardt, Joan Christensen, Shirley Lanka, Lola Sperling, and Lorraine Wozinak; brothers-in-law, Melvin Sperling, Otto Gebhardt, Marvin Christensen, Emil Dubas and Ed Lanka.

Memorials may be made to Gentle Hands Homecare.

Online condolences may be directed to the family at www.jacobsengreenway.com