ROGERS — Loren D. Pederson Jr.,

75, of Rogers, passed away Sept. 27, 2020, in Rogers. He was born April 27, 1945, in Baraboo, Wis., to Loren D. Pederson Sr. and Nell Helen Edlin.

He served in the Army Corps of Engineers. Loren was an ordained minister that pastored two churches but lived a life of ministry and a career salesman that spent his last 14 years working on the sales floor with his beloved Lowes family in Rogers. He was a member of the New Hope Assembly in Rogers.

He was preceded in death by his first wife Patricia Pederson and his parents.

He is survived by wife Hester Lee Pederson; children Jeff (Allison) Pederson of Fayetteville and Michele (William Brian) Meggers of Fayetteville; bonus children April (Mike) Block of Orange, Texas, and Joseph (Penny) Almond of Hot Springs; siblings Paula Pierce of Herman, Mo., and Cathy Comi of Eureka Springs; 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be private due to current pandemic conditions, however, may be streamed live by going to the New Hope Assembly, Rogers, Ark., Facebook page at 1 p.m. Friday. If unable to stream but want to view the video feed you may do so in a socially distance compliant screening room at the church.

Private Interment with military honors at Benton County Memorial Park, Rogers, Ark. Memorial contributions can be made at Gofundme.com Loren Pederson Memorial Fund. All donations will go to the Veterans Home of Arkansas in Fayetteville to benefit individual veterans needs. Arrangements by Benton County Funeral Home 306 N. 4th St. Rogers, Ark. Online condolences to www.bentoncountyfuneralhome.com .