Findlay "Find" C.C. Pedersen, Jr.
(1934 - 2012)
Find C.C. Pedersen, Jr. passed away on March 26, 2012 at the Maryland home of his brother, Anders "Andy" Pedersen.
Find - his name is prounounced with a short "i" - joined Co. 5 in March 1951 and was Captain from 1959-61 and again from 1962-66. He remained an active member until 1969, when he left Hamden to become a teacher in the Tolland, Connecticut school system. Find joined the Tolland Volunteer Fire Department and soon became president of the association.
Find was a great guy who was an important leader in the company during the 1950s and 60s.
Find was predeceased by his wife, Sandy, in 2006. In the early 1970s, Sandy Pedersen was one of the founders of the Connecticut Firemen's Historical Society.
Our condolences go out to Andy and the rest of Find's family.
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| 1961 - Co. 5 President Ray Spencer and and Co. 5 Capt. Find Pedersen in the upstairs of the station meeting room, long before it was renovated into a bunkroom. |
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From The New Haven Journal-Courier, Friday, April 26, 1963
FIREMEN GET CHECK - Officers of the Mount Carmel Volunteer Fire Company are shown receiving a check from The Journal-Courier for their equipment fund. The members of the fire company assisted in a recent home delivery subscription drive by the newspaper in an effort to raise funds. Robert Feinn, chairman of the annual ball committee, holds the check. Others, left to right, are: Raymond K. Spencer, president of the fire company; William Buckingham, district circulation manager for The Journal Courier; and Find Pedersen, Jr., captain of the fire company.
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First Firemen's Field Day - June 14, 1967
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| Standing L-R: Bob Ford, Don Steele, Tim Steele, Unknown. Toby Milum, Bill Scott, and Dick Pleines. Kneeling L-R: Bob Feinn, Unknown, Find Pedersen, Ed Doiron, Anders Pedersen, and Jim Mathis. |
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Zukel Realty - April 5, 1967
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| On the roof: Ff. Gilbert Spencer and Chief V. Paul Leddy. On the ground (L-R): Unidentified Hamden firefighter, Lt. Bill Hines (paid), R.K. Spencer, Unidentified Co. 5 volunteer, Co. 5 Capt. Find Pedersen, and Don Steele. (I.A. Sneiderman) |
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