Oscar Erickson Buried Saturday
LYMAN, Dec. 27—(Special)—Funeral services were held last Saturday in the Lyman ward chapel for Oscar Erickson, 0, who died December 18 in Green River at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Anna Terry.
Services were conducted by Bishop Clem G. Eyre, who also read the obituary. Other speakers were Amber C. Davidson and John C. Walker, members of the Lyman L.D.S. stake presidency, and Marlow Taylor of Green River.
Pallbearers included Cleo Terry, John Anderson and Adolph Youngberg, sons-in-law of Erickson, and Charles Terry, Robert Youngberg and Wesley Youngberg, grandsons of Erickson.
Burial was in the Lyman cemetery and the graveside prayer was offered by Lawrence Wall of Clearfield, Utah.
Oscar Erickson was born Feb. 9, 1875, in Ousby, Sweden, a son of Nels and Anna Erickson. He came to the United States in 1891 and in 1895 came to the Bridger valley and settled on a homestead. On Nov. 26, 1897, he married Harriet Wall of Lyman in the Salt Lake City L.D.S. temple. After spending a few years in Utah and Oregon, the couple returned in 1913 to Bridger valley and have resided here since that time on a farm about three miles northwest of Lyman. Erickson, a member of the L.D.S. stake high priest quorum, was a carpenter by trade.
Survivors include his widow; three sons, Earl, Oliver and Harold Erickson of Lyman; five daughters, Mrs. Alice Youngberg of Lyman, Mrs. Viola Mead of Klamath Falls, Ore., Mrs. Emma Anderson of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Gladys Kuhn of Hagerman, Idaho, and Mrs. Anna Terry of Green River; two sisters, Mrs. Annette Hertell of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Sophia Erickson; one brother, Carl Erickson of Chicago and 21 grandchildren.
Oscar Erickson Buried Saturday
LYMAN, Dec. 27—(Special)—Funeral services were held last Saturday in the Lyman ward chapel for Oscar Erickson, 0, who died December 18 in Green River at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Anna Terry.
Services were conducted by Bishop Clem G. Eyre, who also read the obituary. Other speakers were Amber C. Davidson and John C. Walker, members of the Lyman L.D.S. stake presidency, and Marlow Taylor of Green River.
Pallbearers included Cleo Terry, John Anderson and Adolph Youngberg, sons-in-law of Erickson, and Charles Terry, Robert Youngberg and Wesley Youngberg, grandsons of Erickson.
Burial was in the Lyman cemetery and the graveside prayer was offered by Lawrence Wall of Clearfield, Utah.
Oscar Erickson was born Feb. 9, 1875, in Ousby, Sweden, a son of Nels and Anna Erickson. He came to the United States in 1891 and in 1895 came to the Bridger valley and settled on a homestead. On Nov. 26, 1897, he married Harriet Wall of Lyman in the Salt Lake City L.D.S. temple. After spending a few years in Utah and Oregon, the couple returned in 1913 to Bridger valley and have resided here since that time on a farm about three miles northwest of Lyman. Erickson, a member of the L.D.S. stake high priest quorum, was a carpenter by trade.
Survivors include his widow; three sons, Earl, Oliver and Harold Erickson of Lyman; five daughters, Mrs. Alice Youngberg of Lyman, Mrs. Viola Mead of Klamath Falls, Ore., Mrs. Emma Anderson of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Gladys Kuhn of Hagerman, Idaho, and Mrs. Anna Terry of Green River; two sisters, Mrs. Annette Hertell of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Sophia Erickson; one brother, Carl Erickson of Chicago and 21 grandchildren.
Family Members
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Oscar Earl Erickson
1898–1954
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Anna Matilda Erickson Terry
1900–1986
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Margaret Erickson
1902–1902
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Rachel Viola Erickson Mead
1905–1992
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Alice Victoria Erickson Youngberg
1907–1982
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Sylvia Charlotte Erickson
1909–1911
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Oliver Wall Erickson
1912–2003
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Emma Valate Erickson Anderson
1917–2013
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Gladys Annette Erickson Kuhn
1919–2010
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Lillian Erickson
1921–1921
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Our Babies Erickson
unknown–1903
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