Erickson, Danny Joe (1952-1954)

ERICKSON, BACHARD, NASH, ANDERSON

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 12/12/2020 at 10:52:00

Daily Freeman Journal, Saturday, October 23, 1954 and Monday, October 25, 1954

Farm Boy Badly Hurt By Tractor

Danny Erickson, about 3, was in very critical condition this morning after apparently being run over by a tractor driven by his father.

The father, LuVern Erickson, farming southwest of town, was reported to have been driving his tractor in the field when he turned around and saw the boy lying in a corn row. The father had not known his boy was there.

The accident was reported to have occurred about 8:30 a.m. today.

The physician said the boy had a crushed skull.

Funeral Rites Held For Danny Erickson

Funeral services for Danny Joe Erickson, 2, were held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic church with Rev. Msgr. Arthur A. Halbach officiating. Burial was in South Marion cemetery near Stratford.

The boy died Saturday morning at 11:30 at Hamilton county hospital of injuries suffered when he was apparently run over by a tractor driven by his father, Laverne Erickson.

Besides the parents, the boy is survived by one sister, Diana, six months, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bachard of Grand Junction, Iowa, and Mr. and Mrs. F.I. Erickson of Webster City, and two great-grandmothers, Mrs. Sadie Nash of Grand Junction and Mrs. Clara Anderson of Stratford.