Mrs. John Erickson.
Funeral services were held last Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock from the village hall in Bigfork, for Mrs. John Erickson of the Spruce Park community, who passed away on Saturday at the local hospital. The Rev. Joseph LeVang of Aitkin, former pastor of the Spruce Park Lutheran church officiated and interment was in the Bigfork cemetery.
Amanda Matilda Hansen was born January 2, 1865 in Sweden, and where she was married to John Erickson. Several years later they came to the United States and settled at Superior, Wisconsin where they lived until 1903 when they came to this section and took up their residence on the homestead at Spruce Park, which has since been their home.
Mrs. Erickson had been ill for about a year and a half, but the direct cause of death was a stroke which she suffered about a week before her death.
She is survived by her husband, three daughters, Hulda (Mrs. L. G. Brooks), Mrs. Hildegard Tatgren, (Easther) Mrs. Chas. Gustafson, four sons, Cornelius, John Jr. and Carl all of Bigfork, and Gustaveof Camp Campbell, Ky. Three brothers, Hilmer Hansen of Bigfork, Andrew Hansen of Minneapolis and Carl Hansen of Iron Mountain, Mich. There are 19 grand children and nine greatgrand children. All of the children were present at the last rites and all of thr grand children with the exceptionof one Mrs. Dick Lee, of Los Angeles, Cal. Relatives from out of town included Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hansen of Minneapolis, Mrs. Wendell Freed of Minneapolis and Mrs. Glen Brown of International Falls, grand daughters, Mr. Erickson's brother and two sons of Aitkin.
The four sons and two son-in-law acted as pall bearers. Mrs. Erickson will be greatly missed in the community which has been her home for so many years.
Grand Rapids Independence
November 13, 1942
Note: August 8, 2022, The Name change was at the request from Finders Sunshine
Funeral services were held last Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock from the village hall in Bigfork, for Mrs. John Erickson of the Spruce Park community, who passed away on Saturday at the local hospital. The Rev. Joseph LeVang of Aitkin, former pastor of the Spruce Park Lutheran church officiated and interment was in the Bigfork cemetery.
Amanda Matilda Hansen was born January 2, 1865 in Sweden, and where she was married to John Erickson. Several years later they came to the United States and settled at Superior, Wisconsin where they lived until 1903 when they came to this section and took up their residence on the homestead at Spruce Park, which has since been their home.
Mrs. Erickson had been ill for about a year and a half, but the direct cause of death was a stroke which she suffered about a week before her death.
She is survived by her husband, three daughters, Hulda (Mrs. L. G. Brooks), Mrs. Hildegard Tatgren, (Easther) Mrs. Chas. Gustafson, four sons, Cornelius, John Jr. and Carl all of Bigfork, and Gustaveof Camp Campbell, Ky. Three brothers, Hilmer Hansen of Bigfork, Andrew Hansen of Minneapolis and Carl Hansen of Iron Mountain, Mich. There are 19 grand children and nine greatgrand children. All of the children were present at the last rites and all of thr grand children with the exceptionof one Mrs. Dick Lee, of Los Angeles, Cal. Relatives from out of town included Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hansen of Minneapolis, Mrs. Wendell Freed of Minneapolis and Mrs. Glen Brown of International Falls, grand daughters, Mr. Erickson's brother and two sons of Aitkin.
The four sons and two son-in-law acted as pall bearers. Mrs. Erickson will be greatly missed in the community which has been her home for so many years.
Grand Rapids Independence
November 13, 1942
Note: August 8, 2022, The Name change was at the request from Finders Sunshine
Mrs. John Erickson.
Funeral services were held last Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock from the village hall in Bigfork, for Mrs. John Erickson of the Spruce Park community, who passed away on Saturday at the local hospital. The Rev. Joseph LeVang of Aitkin, former pastor of the Spruce Park Lutheran church officiated and interment was in the Bigfork cemetery.
Amanda Matilda Hansen was born January 2, 1865 in Sweden, and where she was married to John Erickson. Several years later they came to the United States and settled at Superior, Wisconsin where they lived until 1903 when they came to this section and took up their residence on the homestead at Spruce Park, which has since been their home.
Mrs. Erickson had been ill for about a year and a half, but the direct cause of death was a stroke which she suffered about a week before her death.
She is survived by her husband, three daughters, Hulda (Mrs. L. G. Brooks), Mrs. Hildegard Tatgren, (Easther) Mrs. Chas. Gustafson, four sons, Cornelius, John Jr. and Carl all of Bigfork, and Gustaveof Camp Campbell, Ky. Three brothers, Hilmer Hansen of Bigfork, Andrew Hansen of Minneapolis and Carl Hansen of Iron Mountain, Mich. There are 19 grand children and nine greatgrand children. All of the children were present at the last rites and all of thr grand children with the exceptionof one Mrs. Dick Lee, of Los Angeles, Cal. Relatives from out of town included Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hansen of Minneapolis, Mrs. Wendell Freed of Minneapolis and Mrs. Glen Brown of International Falls, grand daughters, Mr. Erickson's brother and two sons of Aitkin.
The four sons and two son-in-law acted as pall bearers. Mrs. Erickson will be greatly missed in the community which has been her home for so many years.
Grand Rapids Independence
November 13, 1942
Note: August 8, 2022, The Name change was at the request from Finders Sunshine
Funeral services were held last Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock from the village hall in Bigfork, for Mrs. John Erickson of the Spruce Park community, who passed away on Saturday at the local hospital. The Rev. Joseph LeVang of Aitkin, former pastor of the Spruce Park Lutheran church officiated and interment was in the Bigfork cemetery.
Amanda Matilda Hansen was born January 2, 1865 in Sweden, and where she was married to John Erickson. Several years later they came to the United States and settled at Superior, Wisconsin where they lived until 1903 when they came to this section and took up their residence on the homestead at Spruce Park, which has since been their home.
Mrs. Erickson had been ill for about a year and a half, but the direct cause of death was a stroke which she suffered about a week before her death.
She is survived by her husband, three daughters, Hulda (Mrs. L. G. Brooks), Mrs. Hildegard Tatgren, (Easther) Mrs. Chas. Gustafson, four sons, Cornelius, John Jr. and Carl all of Bigfork, and Gustaveof Camp Campbell, Ky. Three brothers, Hilmer Hansen of Bigfork, Andrew Hansen of Minneapolis and Carl Hansen of Iron Mountain, Mich. There are 19 grand children and nine greatgrand children. All of the children were present at the last rites and all of thr grand children with the exceptionof one Mrs. Dick Lee, of Los Angeles, Cal. Relatives from out of town included Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hansen of Minneapolis, Mrs. Wendell Freed of Minneapolis and Mrs. Glen Brown of International Falls, grand daughters, Mr. Erickson's brother and two sons of Aitkin.
The four sons and two son-in-law acted as pall bearers. Mrs. Erickson will be greatly missed in the community which has been her home for so many years.
Grand Rapids Independence
November 13, 1942
Note: August 8, 2022, The Name change was at the request from Finders Sunshine
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