∼FINAL SUMMONS COMES TO HON. FERDINAND ERICKSEN

Judge Ferdinand ERICKSEN, beloved by every person, old and young, who had the honor of his friendship, is no more. He passed away from heart trouble at St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City at ten o'clock last Wednesday evening. His remains will be laid away beside numerous relatives and close friends who have gone before in the family burial plot at Mount Pleasant tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon. The funeral hour is set for three o'clock, the body to be taken there by train from the state capital. He began to fail in health last summer and about October suffered a serious heart attack, since which time he has waged a gallant but losing fight for recovery. About ten weeks ago he was ordered to a lower altitude by his physician in the hope of improving his condition. He went to Dallas, Texas, where he visited with a sister, Mrs. O. C. ANDERSON. His condition becoming worse, he returned to Utah about ten days ago. Deceased was the son of Lars and Stena ERICKSEN and he was born in the city that is to receive all that is mortal of him on September 30, 1863. He attended such schools as was then provided while a small boy. His parents were poor and times were hard, so Ferdinand was obliged to go to work at a very early age and was thrown upon his own resources when but a mere youth. As soon as he had saved an amount sufficient to carry him through, he took on a two years course at Brigham Young Academy at Provo.

Upon his return home he was a teacher at Mount Pleasant for about four years and thereupon entered the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Coming back in the summer of 1890, he was admitted to the Utah bar and began the practice of law in his home town. In the fall of that year he was elected county attorney for Sanpete and in 1892 was chosen collector. In January of 1893 he entered the Mount Pleasant Commercial and Savings bank as its cashier, which position he held for more than two years. He was connected with that institution as a director and its legal advisor for many years thereafter. After leaving the bankinghouse he devoted his entire attention to his practice. He took a deep interest in the national guard of that state and in 1896 was appointed judge advocate with the rank of major on Brigadier General Willard Young's staff. The same year he was elected mayor of Mount Pleasant, serving one term.

Judge ERICKSEN also manifested a deep interest in educational matters and served for many years as a member of the school board. In 1904 he was elected district judge of the Seventh district and serviced in that capacity for four years. Upon his retirement from the bench he returned to his private practice in Mount Pleasant and formed a law partnership with Judge George Christensen. This continued until he entered the services of the Utah Fuel company in December, 1912, in which connection he was serving as general counsel at the time of his demise. That year he moved to Salt Lake City and became the law partner of Mark P. Braffet, now deceased. This firm handled the legal business for that corporation. In 1915 the partnership was dissolved and at which time he then became its general counsel. During his practice at Mount Pleasant he was in 1909 elected mayor there by the largest majority ever given a candidate for that office. In 1910 he was the candidate of the democratic party as its representative to congress. His party however, was defeated. In 1904 he was a delegate from this state to the national democratic convention at St. Louis, Missouri.

Judge ERICKSEN was twice married, his first wife being Clementina MORRISON to whom he was united in 1886
and who died in 1892, leaving her surviving three children, Mrs. Beatrice PROCTOR of Sterling (Alberta), Canada, William N. ERICKSEN and Mrs. Clementina NELSON of Mount Pleasant. Then in 1897 Judge ERICKSEN married Miss Carrie LOFGREN. They had four children, Mrs. Mildred LAMBERT, Harian, Aileen and Elroy ERICKSEN, who made their home with their father since the demise of Mrs. ERICKSEN some seven or eight years ago.

Surviving brothers and sisters are Mrs. ANDERSON at Dallas, Texas; Mrs. Camilla PRITCHETT, Huntington; Mrs. Lena SORENSEN, Provo, and Louis, Orem and Amasa
ERICKSEN, Mount Pleasant. The body is today at the family home at Salt Lake City.

Several close friends of the deceased and the family at Price will go by automobile and train to the Funeral tomorrow. The Carbon County Bar association, officials at the courthouse and others are sending flowers.

(Published in The Sun-Advocate (Price, UT), Friday, April 22, 1927.)
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