ERICKSON, Eilef J.

ERICKSON, ANDERSON, DAVISSON, LINDQUIST, SAWYER, PHEARMAN, ENDERS, EVAN, HERT, TIEDEMAN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 8/29/2016 at 05:23:31

Obituary ~ Eilef J. Erickson
April 19, 1915 ~ June 23, 2007

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Eilef J. Erickson, 92, of Mason City died Saturday (June 23, 2007) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

Interment will be in Elmwood-Saint Joseph Cemetery with veterans honors performed by the Mason City Memorial Association.

Eilef was born on April 19, 1915, to Norwegian immigrants Peder and Sigrid (Anderson) Erickson. They returned to Norway in 1921, and then returned back to Mason City in 1925. Eilef was very proud of his Norwegian heritage, and maintained contact with his Norwegian cousins after a trip to Norway in 1991.

Eilef was a master carpenter and worked as a foreman for Davey & Moen Construction Company. He taught carpentry at the junior college after World War II. Before retiring, he worked as a carpenter for the Mason City School District. During World War II, he served in the Army Corps of Engineers in Europe.

Eilef was a charter member of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church and used his carpentry skills during the building of the church.

Besides woodworking, he was passionate about fishing, usually with special friend, Beulah Quisling. A highlight of each day was his visit with special neighbors, Jim and Sharon Leppert and Connie and Mark Dempsy.

Eilef is survived by his daughters, Judy (Ron) Davisson, Mary Alice (Mike) Lindquist, Linda (Walter) Enders and special niece Sharon (Lee) Phearman. Grandchildren are: Jeff Sawyer, Peder (Michelle) Davisson, Steve (Tricia) Sawyer, Lisa Davisson, and Marsha (Rory) Evans. Great-grandchildren are: Graham and Collin Sawyer, Sydnee Lindquist, Gretchen and Jonathan Davisson. A brother, Arthur, of Loveland, Colo., also survives him.

He was preceded in death by his parents; infant brother; Ingolf, sister; Valborg Tiedeman, and beloved wife, Bertha (Hert).

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2016