VIKESLAND, Hildred 1924-2001

ERICKSON, VIKESLAND, GILBERTSON, KURAK

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Date: 9/12/2010 at 20:33:37

Decorah Journal, Thursday, March 8, 2001

Hildred Vikesland

Hildred Vikesland, 76, died Friday, March 2, 2001 in Parkland, Wash.

Interment will be at Hauge Lutheran Church Tuesday, March 13, at 2 p.m. followed by a visitation at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah from 4-7 p.m.

Hildred Vikesland was born Nov. 7, 1924, the daughter of Carl and Alma Erickson.

She married Stanley Vikesland June 25, 1946, and they farmed in Winneshiek County until the family moved to Parkland in 1968.

She was a member of Hauge Lutheran Church.

Survivors include her daughter, Lynn and Steven of Tacoma, Wash.; sisters Esther and Elmer Gilbertson of Austin, Minn.; Vernelle and Alex Kurak of Minneapolis, Minn.; a sister-in-law Grace Erickson of Decorah and several nieces and nephews.

Hildred Vikesland was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley Vikesland on Feb. 23, 1997 and a brother, Myron Erickson.

Transcribed by an IA GenWeb Volunteer from obituaries found in the Howard-Winneshiek Genealogy Society Library, Cresco, Iowa.