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Sep 27

Miriam Fredicksen, led church music ministries

Miriam Fredicksen

Miriam Fredricksen (née Christian) died Sept. 19 at home. She was 101.

She was born Nov. 9, 1922, in Prosser, Wash. She grew up on the family dairy farm with her parents and five siblings and lived in the Katonah/Lewisboro area for many years.

Fredricksen loved music and majored in music at Wheaton College in Illinois. She was the college soloist. She met Arnold Fredricksen in college and they were married in August 1945. He became a Presbyterian pastor and she led the music ministry in the various churches in which they served. 

They had two daughters, Esther and Elisabeth. Miriam Fredricksen is survived by five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. 

The family received friends at Clark Associates Funeral Home on Sept. 23.


IN BRIEF

Lewisboro Garden Club offering ‘Holiday Swag’

The Lewisboro Garden Club is having a “Holiday Swag” fundraiser for the club. to order swags, go to lewisborogardenclub.org and click on the “Holiday Swags” button for the form.

The swags can be hung on a door or mailbox. They also make great holiday gifts for neighbors, a senior, or for yourself.

“Spread holiday cheer and community spirit,” the club suggests. Orders are due Nov. 24. Swags will be delivered by Sunday, Dec. 8. There is a $36, non-refundable fee for each swag.


Student collection aids four nonprofits

A Fox Lane High School student will be collecting items to help four different charities on the front lawn of the Bedford Presbyterian Church, 44 Village Green, from 2 to 6 p.m. Nov. 5, Election Day.

The effort, dubbed “We Elect to Collect,” seeks leftover candy from Halloween, crayons (used, whole or broken) tabs pulled off of aluminum cans and towels (used cloth or new paper).

The effort will support Operation Shoebox, The Crayon Initiative, Pull Together and the SPCA of Westchester.


Pound Ridge Massacre documentary screening, discussion set

The Crestwood Historical Society and Yonkers Historical Society will screen a documentary about the Pound Ridge Massacre at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, at the Pincus Auditorium, Yonkers Public Library Grinton I. Will Branch, 1500 Central Park Ave., Yonkers.

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