Obit: Erickson, Joseph (1864 - 1951)

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Surnames: ERICKSON WITT

----Sources: Marathon County Register (Unity, Clark County, Wis.) 2 Mar 1951

Erickson, Joseph (1864 - 25 Feb. 1951)

Funeral Services were held for Joseph Erickson, 86, Unity, at 2:30 P.M. Wednesday at the Lulloff Funeral Home, Colby, with the Rev. Charles E. Witt, Marshfield, officiating.

Burial was made in the Unity cemetery. Mr. Erickson died at 4 P.M. Sunday at the Old Folks Home, Greenwood. He recently suffered a broken hip.

The deceased was born in Finland and came to the United States as a young man. He had lived 2 miles west of Unity practically all of his life. He made his home with his brother, Charles, until the death of his brother, when he went to Greenwood to live.

He is survived by a brother, Victor, Quincy, Mass. A brother and sister preceded him in death.

*** Note: Mr. Erickson’s year of birth is from the Evangelical Trinity Lutheran (Scandinavian) Cemetery, Brighton Township index on this site.