2012
Alice
2003
Alice Erickson
July 19, 2012 — August 26, 2003
REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF ALICE GERTRUDE ERICKSON
The Funeral Service for Alice Gertrude Erickson, of New Richland, will be held at 11:00 A.M.
Saturday, August 30, 2003, at the Cross of Glory Lutheran Church in Hartland. The Reverend
Dennis Frank will officiate.
Interment will be in Hartland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m. on Friday
at Friedrich Funeral Home, New Richland ,and one hour before the service at the church.
Alice died on Tuesday, August 26, 2003 at the Good Samaritan Center in Albert Lea.
She was 91.
She was born in Montrose, South Dakota, on July 19, 1912, the daughter of Gust and Millie
(Quame) Eastvold. When she was three years old, her family moved to Borup, Minnesota
where she grew up.
She was confirmed at the Jevnaker Lutheran Church in rural Borup, and she attended
Golden Rod and Borup Schools.
Alice had worked as a nurses aid in Ada. She took her state boards to become an L.P.N. and
worked at St. John?s Lutheran Hospital in St. Paul from 1942 until 1953.
On April 25, 1953, she married Oluf Erickson of Hartland at Grace Lutheran Church in Ada.
Following their marriage they lived in the Hartland area, where they farmed and later moved
to New Richland, where they lived their retirement years.
Alice was a member of the Cross of Glory Lutheran Church, where she was active in Sarah
Circle, the church women, and bible study. She enjoyed crafts and baking (especially cookies).
Special joy came from visiting with her family members from northern Minnesota and
other family, friends and neighbors.
She is survived by her brother Trumen Eastvold and his wife Bette of Borup, MN., sister-in-law
Ordella Eastvold of Glyndon, MN., brother-in-law Peter Erickson of Albert Lea, two godsons:
Kenny Stene of Ada, MN., Marshall Hegreberg of Borup, MN., and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Oluf in 1999, sisters Marvella Hegreberg,
Bernice Hanson, Ruth Stene, brothers John and Oscar Eastvold; sisters-in-law: Marie Erickson,
Anna Erickson, Edna Sorenson, Olga Eastvold and Gladys Erickson; brothers-in-law: Woodrow Hanson, Ernest Stene, Oscar Erickson, Carl Erickson and Edgar Hegreberg.
Blessed be her memory.
The Funeral Service for Alice Gertrude Erickson, of New Richland, will be held at 11:00 A.M.
Saturday, August 30, 2003, at the Cross of Glory Lutheran Church in Hartland. The Reverend
Dennis Frank will officiate.
Interment will be in Hartland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m. on Friday
at Friedrich Funeral Home, New Richland ,and one hour before the service at the church.
Alice died on Tuesday, August 26, 2003 at the Good Samaritan Center in Albert Lea.
She was 91.
She was born in Montrose, South Dakota, on July 19, 1912, the daughter of Gust and Millie
(Quame) Eastvold. When she was three years old, her family moved to Borup, Minnesota
where she grew up.
She was confirmed at the Jevnaker Lutheran Church in rural Borup, and she attended
Golden Rod and Borup Schools.
Alice had worked as a nurses aid in Ada. She took her state boards to become an L.P.N. and
worked at St. John?s Lutheran Hospital in St. Paul from 1942 until 1953.
On April 25, 1953, she married Oluf Erickson of Hartland at Grace Lutheran Church in Ada.
Following their marriage they lived in the Hartland area, where they farmed and later moved
to New Richland, where they lived their retirement years.
Alice was a member of the Cross of Glory Lutheran Church, where she was active in Sarah
Circle, the church women, and bible study. She enjoyed crafts and baking (especially cookies).
Special joy came from visiting with her family members from northern Minnesota and
other family, friends and neighbors.
She is survived by her brother Trumen Eastvold and his wife Bette of Borup, MN., sister-in-law
Ordella Eastvold of Glyndon, MN., brother-in-law Peter Erickson of Albert Lea, two godsons:
Kenny Stene of Ada, MN., Marshall Hegreberg of Borup, MN., and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Oluf in 1999, sisters Marvella Hegreberg,
Bernice Hanson, Ruth Stene, brothers John and Oscar Eastvold; sisters-in-law: Marie Erickson,
Anna Erickson, Edna Sorenson, Olga Eastvold and Gladys Erickson; brothers-in-law: Woodrow Hanson, Ernest Stene, Oscar Erickson, Carl Erickson and Edgar Hegreberg.
Blessed be her memory.
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