Leland H. ERICKSON

ERICKSON, SAUTER, ANDERSON, PETERSON, SWANSON, RIVERS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/8/2015 at 10:24:24

June 11, 1924 --- May 1, 2015

Leland H. Erickson, 90, of Virginia, MN passed away May 1, 2015, at Essentia Health Care Center in Virginia, Minnesota. He was born June 11, 1924, in Roland, Iowa, the son of Bert and Monica Erickson. He grew up in Thor, and attended school there. He joined the Army in November of 1944, and served two years in the Pacific during World War II. He married Dorothy Sauter on July 3, 1954. They lived in Fridley, Minn., where he worked for Valspar Paints until he retired. After he retired, they moved to Mountain Iron. He loved hunting, fishing and camping with his motorhome. He loved feeding the deer, birds and gardening.

He is survived by several nieces and nephews; three sisters-in-law: Lois Anderson, Jill Peterson and June Erickson; and a brother-in-law, Donald Sauter. He was preceded in death by his parents; by four brothers: Amos, Benny and Sam Erickson, and David Peterson; and by two sisters, Lucille Swanson and Mary Rivers.

Funeral: Memorial service will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 11, at Dougherty Funeral Home in Hibbing, with the Rev. Donald Norr officiating. Visitation: Will be 12:30-1:30 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. Burial: A graveside service will follow at Lakeview Cemetery, Buhl, with full military honors accorded by the Mid-Range Honor Guard.

Hibbing Daily Tribune-- Hibbing, Minnesota
May 8, 2015