Dennis L. Erickson

Dennis was born May 14, 1928, to John & Hilda Olson Erickson, at Cormorant Township where he grew up and attended school. He farmed with his family there. Dennis married Merl Strand June 25, 1950. Following their marriage they lived on a farm south of Lake Park, and in 1954, they moved in to Lake Park. Merl died March 16, 1985. Dennis married Ruby Erickson on September 28, 1992, in South Dakota, and they made their home in Detroit Lakes, MN. They later moved to Thief River Falls, MN. He worked in road construction during the summers and at American Crystal Sugar in the winter for many years before going to work for Snappy's in Detroit Lakes, MN, until retiring in 1990. Dennis enjoyed hunting, fishing and dancing. He is survived by his wife, Ruby Erickson, Thief River Falls, MN; two sons, Jerry Mona Erickson, Hitterdal, MN, and Russell Erickson, Hawley, MN; four daughters, Susan Richard Bastyr, LaCrosse, WI, Judy Mark Anderson, Hawley, MN, Debra Donald Smith, Cheyenne, WY, Nancy Jack Kirkwood, Lake Park, MN; two step-daughters, Kathy Dan Bylander, Thief River Falls, MN, and Renay Nathan Anderson, Thief River Falls, MN; fifteen grandchildren, seven step-grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Merl; four sisters, Gladys Palin, Leona Erickson, Lillian Hammond & Maxine Brune; one brother, Donald Erickson.