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.