Ad Astra: Allen Peddrick, 22 March, 2007

ALLEN PEDRICK, Sr LARGO FL Allen R. Pedrick, Sr, 77, died Thursday, March 22, 2007, at the Largo Medical Center. He was born in Pleasantville, NJ and served his country in the Army Airborne Division during the Korean War. He was employed as an electronics engineer for RCA in New Jersey and Alabama for many years before working as a launch coordinator for the NASA space program at Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center for nearly twenty years. He later was employed in electronics contract manage ment for Bendix, Applied Devices, and, after moving to Largo in 1984, for the Olin Corp. until his retirement. Mr. Pedrick was a writer of several short stories, non-fiction articles, four novels, and was a member of the Pinellas Authors and Writers Organization, as well as, listed in Whos Who in the South and Southwest. He was a member of Hope Presbyterian Church and held the position of Stated Clerk of Tampa Bay Presbytery. Survivors include his wife of 37 years, Daisy, of Largo; his sons, Allen R. Pedrick, Jr. of Clearwater and Robin Pedrick of Melbourne; his daughter, Cinda Pedrick of Melbourne; three grandsons; three great grandchildren, and his aunt, Virginia Koehler of Largo. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to The Hospice of Suncoast, 5771 Roosevelt Blvd., Clearwater, FL 33760 (727) 586-4432.