PEER PEDERSEN

PEDERSEN--Peer T., a long-time resident of Rye, New York, died Thursday, November 4, 2009, at the New Canaan home of his youngest daughter, Lucy P. Hazard, with his children by his side. Peer was born July 31, 1924 at New Rochelle Hospital in New Rochelle, New York, to the late Eunice H. Terrill and Jacob Otto Pedersen. Peer was a graduate of New Rochelle High School, Dartmouth College where he was a Rufus Choate Scholar, and New York Law School. Peer was a Lieutenant Gunnery Officer of the USS Hyman, Destroyer Class, in the Pacific campaign from 1943-1946, and subsequent to the end of World War II served in the US Naval Reserve until 1956. Peer was married in 1955 to Lucy Katherine Schaefer (deceased 2007) from whom he was divorced in 1984. He practiced law for much of the past six decades at the law firm of Keenan & Pedersen located in New York, NY; he was a former Board member and General Counsel of East River Savings Bank, a former Board member of Apple Bank, both headquartered in New York City, as well as a former member of the Board of Trustees of The Rye Country Day School, in Rye, New York. A lifelong and avid all-around athlete, Peer played competitive basketball during the 1950s in New York City where he starred for several teams including the Solin Sports Club, and he played golf for most of his adult life at the Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York, where he was a member since 1946. Peer was loving father to his four children, Peer Jr., Donna Fenech, Lyn Elizabeth, and Lucy Hazard, and a loving grandfather to his eight grandchildren, Peer III, Paige, Madeline, Samantha, and Margaret Pedersen, and Nathan, Lorraine, and Kerri Fenech. Peer is also survived by son-in-laws Craig Fenech and Scott Hazard, and former daughter-in-law Mary Quick Pedersen. The family will receive friends at the Graham Funeral Home, 1036 Boston Post Rd., Rye, NY 10580 on Monday, November 9th from 5-8pm. A service in celebration of his life will be held at The Church of the Resurrection in Rye, NY on Tuesday, November 10th at 11am, immediately followed by a reception at the Westchester Country Club.