Richard G. Pedersen
Richard G. Pedersen of Warren, PA, died on January 8, 2026, at Christiana Care Hospital in Newark, Delaware. He was born April 15, 1950, to the late Garney Mathias and Imogene Ada (Currie) Pedersen. Richard graduated from Warren Area High School in 1968. He attended Edinboro University where he received a B.A. in Biology and a M. Sc. in Microbiology and took many post-graduate courses at Pennsylvania State University.
Richard was employed as a chemist at Van-Air in Erie, PA for several years. He then accepted a position with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service at the U.S. Pasture Lab in University Park, PA. Richard worked as a plant pathologist on the apomixis project with Dr. Robert Sherwood and the plant breeding project with Dr. Clyde Berg for twenty years. When those projects were defunded, he returned to Warren and obtained his wastewater treatment plant operators license and ran sewage treatment plants for Warren and Mead Township. Richard was also employed for twenty years on a part time basis with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, doing monthly surveys in Warren and Forest counties, mostly in the Tidioute area. For the past several years he was an amphitheater usher at Chautauqua Institution. He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and a Benedictine Oblate of St. Joseph’s Monastery in St. Mary’s, PA. Richard was also a member of the Erie Diocesan Cursillo Movement, Koinonia of Jamestown, Chautauqua County Footsteps and Metanoia prison ministry at SCI Cambridge Springs, SCI Forest in Marienville and SCI Albion.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother Lieutenant Jack Lee Pedersen, USN, missing at sea, his sister-in-law Susan Reynolds and his faithful canine companion, Nelsen. He is survived by his wife Alice Marie (Battles) Pedersen of Warren and several cousins.
He enjoyed gardening, crossword puzzles and antique automobiles, still driving his father’s antique Mercedes-Benz. He enjoyed attending Chautauqua Institution during the summer season, and for the last few years was there for the entire summer while being an amphitheater usher.
Memorial services will be held on Friday January 16 2026, at 4:00 pm at Grace United Methodist Church, 501 Pennsylvania Ave. East Warren, PA, with Deacon Thomas McAraw, Spiritual Director of Erie Cursillo and Rev. William Beaty, pastor of Grace U.M. Church, co-officiating. Burial will be in the Mausoleum of the Ascension at St. Joseph Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to a charity of choice. Online condolences for the family may be sent by visiting www.lewisfuneralhomeinc.com or on our Facebook page. The Donald E. Lewis Funeral Home Inc., has been entrusted by the family for the final funeral arrangements.