William Pedersen

September 8, 1945 - November 23, 2022

Nov 23, 2022, in Rohnert Park, CA after a prolonged illness. William “Bill” Pedersen was the son of the late Frederick and Mary Ann Pedersen of San Francisco, brother to the late Richard Pedersen, Cathy Tennant Pedersen, Norman and David Pedersen who were all natives of San Francisco’s “Miraloma Park”, Alumni of Balboa High School class of ‘63, Vietnam veteran, paratrooper 101 Airborne and 40-year employee of PG&E’s electric underground. Bill was married to the love of his life, Cheryl “Miller” Pedersen since 1966. He was an avid sports fan of all the local teams, a 49er faithful and lover of college football teams especially of his grandchildren’s schools University of North Carolina, Claremont Mckenna College, Ole Miss, LSU, and University of Tennessee. He was a proud father of 5 sons William, Richard,

John, Michael, and Joseph, who greatly contributed to the football, wrestling, and coaching of future players for the Petaluma High School sports teams. Also, a proud grandfather contributing to the legacy of sports teams for Petaluma High School and St. Vincent de Paul school by his grandchildren Ryan, Corina, Dominic, Grace, Connor, Talia, Kieran, Will, Joseph and Alyssa.

Bill was loved by many for his wit, intellect, and fun-loving nature, which will be sorely missed. Bill will be interred in the family crypt at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma California. Donations can be made to St. Vincent de Paul High School wrestling program or the Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW) in remembrance of William Pedersen.

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