Dorothy Joan (Fink) ERIKSEN

ERIKSEN, FINK, LOTTMAN, CRAWFORD, BAKKER, OSIER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/25/2013 at 13:19:34

August 7, 1931 ----- August 22, 2013

Dorothy Joan Eriksen, age 82, passed away peacefully on Thursday August 22, 2013 at home with her family by her side. Memorial services for Dorothy J. Eriksen will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, August 24, 2013 at the Presbyterian Church in Dows. Pastor Shawn Hill will officiate. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery in Dows. Friends may greet the family starting at 12:00 Noon on Saturday at the church.

Dorothy Joan, the daughter of Albert and Emma Lottman Fink, was born on August 7, 1931 in Ellsworth, Iowa. She grew up on a farm in Dows. Dorothy attended school in Dows and graduated from the Dows High School in 1949. Dorothy married the love of her life, Herbert Eriksen on March 31, 1950 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. The couple made their home in Dows, where Dorothy worked as a Homemaker and raised the couple’s five children. From 1977 – 1979, she worked at the Dows Community School as a cook, custodian and teacher’s aide. In 1979, Dorothy started working for Fridgedaire in Webster City, Iowa. She retired in 1997, and enjoyed very much the time she was able to spend with friends and family.

Dorothy was a member of the Dows Presbyterian Church and American Legion Auxillary in Dows. She volunteered in many organizations. Dorothy was an avid Iowa Hawkeye fan. She loved to cook for her family and work in the garden. Dorothy always put others before herself. She would light up a room with her smile. Her strong faith, positive attitude and love for her family helped her fight cancer diagnosed many years ago.

Dorothy is survived by her sister, Delores Crawford of Iowa Falls, her five children, Nancy Bakker of Dows, Kerry Eriksen of Dows, David Eriksen of Rowan, Paul Eriksen of Dows, Shari Osier and husband, Dave of Bondurant, six grandchildren, Nathan, Kara, Faith, Angie, Ashlee, Kendall, six great-grandchildren, Jaeden, Mason, Blake, Kady, Kaila, Mackenzie and many other relatives and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Herb in 1995, and five siblings, Amelia, Richard, Bud, Harold, Robert, Evelyn and a brother-in-law, Donald Bakker.

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