Marjorie L. Erickson (1915-2006)

ERICKSON, CHASE, GARDNER, MYERS

Posted By: Nevada Journal
Date: 11/3/2006 at 08:06:00

NEVADA JOURNAL, Nevada, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, November 2, 2006.

Marjorie L. Erickson

Marjorie Lucille Erickson, 91 of Naples, Florida died October 26, 2006 at Frances Georgeson Hospice in Naples, Florida.

Marjorie was born in Fonda, Iowa, July 9, 1915 to Maude and Charles Chase. She graduated from Ames High School.

She was married to Irving "Red" Erickson July 26, 1934 in Lehigh, Iowa. They moved to Nevada, Iowa, from Ames, Iowa, in 1940. Marjorie lived in Nevada from 1940 to May, 1999, when she moved to Naples, Florida

In 1961, Marjorie and Red started the Erickson Furniture and Appliance Store in Nevada where they continued to do business until 1988. During some of that time, she also worked at the Reuben H. Donnelly Corporation where she was Personnel Director at the time she retired.

Marjorie was the first Welcome Wagon Hostess in Nevada, a member of the Indian Creek Country Club, Order of the Eastern Star, and the Memorial Lutheran Church.

Survivors include her daughter Kaye (and David) Gardner of Naples, Florida; a son, Scott (and Suzanne) Erickson of Winthrop, Massachusetts; two grandsons, Todd Myers of Naples, Florida, and Eric Myers of Webster City, Iowa; a granddaughter, Summer Erickson of Winthrop, Massachusetts; and five great grandchildren, Matthew and Marissa Myers of Naples, Florida; and Hannah, Olivia and Boone Myers of Webster City, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her husband Irving "Red" Erickson in 1987, her son Wendell Erickson in 1980 and her two brothers, Donald Chase of Fernald, Iowa, and Harold Chase of Ames, Iowa.

Memorial Services will be held at the Memorial Lutheran Church on Saturday, November 4 at 11:00 AM.

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