Richard D. Pederson was born June 28, 1950 in Williston, North Dakota to Paul and Helen Pederson. He grew up with a very large and close family, with 3 brothers and 4 sisters. He grew up and worked on the family farm in Zahl, ND and attended school in Grenora, graduating in 1969. He was drafted in the Navy in 1970 and served until 1973 on the US Kitty Hawk.

After his service to his Country, he met Beverly (Benson) Pederson and got married in 1973. He moved his new family back to North Dakota where he returned back to the family farm. Richard worked numerous jobs such as a glass cutter and a truck driver hauling cattle and oilfield goods.

Richard was very loving and would help anyone at anytime he had numerous friends, he enjoyed hunting and fishing when he got the chance to go. His favorite saying during hunting season was “just drive around the block”, which he always had a bucket of chicken and a case of coke along.

He was diagnosed with covid and walking pneumonia on November 7th, 2021 in which he was air flighted to Fargo, ND on November 12th. He fought hard and was strong to the end. God called Richard Home on December 12th at 1:51 pm with his family by his side.

Richard was an incredible husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, son, brother, uncle, cousin and friend. He will be missed by so many.

He is survived by his wife, Beverly; son, David (Kari) Confield and children, Taylor, Trae, Andrew and Shayna of Jacksonville, FL; son, Jason (Jackie) Peles and children, Trinity, Brooke, Kaitlyn, Zoey, Aligaha, Temperance, Dallas and Serenity of Williston, ND; son, Robbie Pederson of Zahl, ND and child, Sena Pederson of Wildrose, ND; daughter, Christina (Jared Moberg) Pederson and children, Danny, Brandon, Hayley and Mattie Pederson, Annie Moberg and Kenny Moberg of Tioga, ND; sisters, Darcia Pederson Larsen in Culbertson, MT and Sandra Peterson of Grenora, ND and Sharon Bendixson of Zahl, ND and Shirley Ravio of Williston, ND; numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.

Richard is preceded in death by his parents, Paul and Helen Pederson; brothers, Danny Pederson, Alan Pederson and Paul Pederson, Jr.