Helen Frances (Peterson) Erickson (1916-1970)

ERICKSON, FRITZ, GITTINS, HALVERSON, PETERSON, POPP, SALLEE

Posted By: Eileen Reed (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:42

November 8, 1916 --- October 13, 1970

Funeral services for Mrs. Glen Erickson, 53, will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Evangelical Lutheran Church with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Erickson died early Tuesday morning at her home near Eagle Grove following an illness.

Survivors include her husband, one son, LeRoy, Eagle Grove; four daughters: Mrs. Roger Halverson, Eagle Grove; Mrs. David Sallee, Roseville, Minn.; Miss Elizabeth Erickson, Waverly and Mrs. Maynard Popp, Oconomowoc, Wis.; 13 grandchildren; three brothers: Clarence Peterson, Shelby; Albert Peterson, Underwood, and Marvin Peterson, Omaha, Neb.; three sisters: Mrs. Harry Gittins, Council Bluffs; Mrs. Carroll Peterson, Villisca and Mrs. Wayne Fritz, Oakland.

Helen Frances Peterson was born at Rusken, Neb. She attended school at Underwood, Iowa; Dana College, Blair, Neb.; Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls and later Iowa Central Community College, Eagle Grove. She taught country school in southwestern Iowa for a number of years. She married Glen Erickson in 1936 at Nebraska City, Neb. They farmed near Oakland until moving to the Eagle Grove area in 1948.

Eagle Grove Eagle --- Eagle Grove, Iowa
October 15, 1970