Arthur
Erickson Jr., 63
Adams,
N.D. - Arthur C. "Junior" Erickson, 63, died
Monday, May 7, 2001 at Dakota Clinic in Thief River
Falls.
Funeral
services were held at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 11, at
Victory Free Lutheran Church in Park River.
Casketbearers were Luaine Johnson, Ron Setness,
Mark Bennington, Loren Machart, John Shirek and
Scott Heffta. Interment was in St. Peter Lutheran
Cemetery, rural Park River. Tollefson Funeral Home
of Park River was in charge of the
arrangements.
Arthur
C. Erickson Jr. was born on December 6, 1937 in
Latona township of Walsh county of North Dakota,
the son of Arthur C. and Ingeborg (Sjoberg)
Erickson. He grew up and attended school in Walsh
county. He also attended the University of North
Dakota Lake Region at Devils Lake.
On
June 25, 1961, Arthur married Mary Ann Nottestad at
St. Peter Lutheran Church. The couple farmed in the
Adams and Park River, N.D. area until 1998. Arthur
was currently working at Arctic Cat in Thief River
Falls.
He
was a member of Victory Free Lutheran Church of
Park River and served as a trustee on the Mountain
Lutheran Church board for many years.
He
enjoyed traveling to the mountains of Montana and
Wyoming, amateur radio and hunting.
Arthur
is survived by his wife, Mary Ann of Adams, N.D.; a
daughter, Terri (Louis) Machart of Park River,
N.D.; a son, David (Tricia) Erickson of Powell,
Wy.; his mother, Ingeborg Erickson of Park River;
five grandchildren; four sisters, Marion (Roy)
Westling of Henderson, Pearl (Lee) Bennington and
Ruth (Bud) Ramsey, both of Park River, N.D., and
Betty (William) Pich of Rushford; and a brother,
Arlen.
He
was preceded in death by his father.
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