Obit: Erickson, John E. #2 (1891 - 1962)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Erickson, Johnson, Portner, Schlinsog

----- Source: Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark Co., Wis.) 11/22/1962

----- Erickson, John E. #2 (23 SEP 1891 - 12 NOV 1962)

Funeral services were held Thursday at the Georgas Funeral Home in Neillsville for John E. Erickson, 71, route 2, Loyal (Clark Co., Wis.). Peter Hunter and Charles Preston were in charge of the rites and burial was made in the Lynn Cemetery.

Mr. Erickson was born Sept. 23, 1891 in Minnesota and lived for six years in Norway. He was married on May 7, 1924 at Stanley, N.D. to the former Vesta Johnson. They moved to Clark County in 1926 and farmed in the town of Lynn until six years ago, when they came to the Loyal area.

He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Donald (Evelyn) Portner, Bellevue, Wash.; and Mrs. Ronald (Alice) Schlinsog, Janesville; six sons, Maurice and Verlyn, Oroville, Calif.; James of the U.S. Air Force, Wichita Falls, Texas; John, Tilman and Richard, Milwaukee; one brother, Thord, Clontarf, Minn., and 18 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, four brothers and one sister.

 

 


© Every submission is protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.

 

Show your appreciation of this freely provided information by not copying it to any other site without our permission.

 

Become a Clark County History Buff

 

Report Broken Links

A site created and maintained by the Clark County History Buffs
and supported by your generous donations.

 

Webmasters: Leon Konieczny, Tanya Paschke,

Janet & Stan Schwarze, James W. Sternitzky,

Crystal Wendt & Al Wessel

 

CLARK CO. WI HISTORY HOME PAGE