Ada M. (Harrison) Ericson (1872-1920)

HARRISON, ERICSON, SUTTON, PEOPLES, CAMMACK, PORTER

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 6/16/2024 at 16:35:01

From Story City Herald January 13, 1921 (page 5)

MRS. E. L. ERICSON LAID TO REST

Large Concourse of People at Funeral of Well Known Local Woman

The last sad rites, over the remains of the later Mrs. E. L. Ericson were performed in the St. Petri church last Friday afternoon, Rev. Anderson officiating.

The church was filled to overflowing by the neighbors and friends of the deceased, who took this last opportunity of testifying to the love and esteem in which she was held.

OBITUARY

Ada M. Harrison was born in Lee county, Iowa, Feb. 17, 1872, and died Jan. 4, 1921 at Story City, Iowa, being at the time of her death 48 years, 10 months and 11 days old.

She received a common school education and attended Denmark Academy. She graduated from the State Teachers College at Cedar Falls in the primary department in 1894. During her college career she taught for some time at Comanche in Clinton county.

She came to Story City in the fall of 1894 and taught the primary department, consisting of the three lower grades, and continued in this work until the spring of 1899, when she was married to Mr. E. L. Ericson on June 28.

They lived in Story City until 1914, when they moved to the farm southwest of town where she lived until the time of her death.

Besides her husband, two children survive her, Vivian A. Ericson of Hurley, S. D., and Wesley of this place; also a brother, Dr. E. W. Harrison of Winfield; two sisters, Mrs. Ida Sutton and Mrs. Nan Peoples, both of Ft. Madison. Two half sisters, a Mrs. Cammack of Ft. Madison and Mrs. Emma Porter of Pomona, Cal.

Mrs. Ericson was an energetic worker in every field of endeavor which she entered. She was a firm believer in the Biblical injunction: "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might." There were times when this attitude may have laid her open to criticism, but time invariably proved her motives to be good and her position on public and semi-public matters correct. Her friends were legion, and she herself was a friend to everyone. She exerted an influence far beyond the family circle, and she will be missed by all with whom she was come in contact in the years she has lived in Story City.

Rev. Andersen must have had Mrs. Ericson's community influence in mind when he reverted in his funeral sermon to the need of concerted action to keep our social conditions pure and making it easier to do good than to do evil.