Obit: Erickson, Petra #2 (1858 - 1962)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Erickson, Drake

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 04/05/1962

Erickson, Petra #2 (AUG 1858 - 3 APR 1962)

Clark County’s oldest resident, 103-year-old Mrs. Petra Erickson, died early Tuesday at the home of a nice, Mrs. Russell Drake, Neillsville (Clark Co., Wis.).

She had been in relative good health until just recently when she had a stroke. She celebrated her 103rd birthday last August. Born in Norway in 1858 she came to the United States when she was 23. She has lived in Argyle, Onalaska, Kennan, Hudson and Neillsville.

The Bergemann Funeral Home is making funeral arrangements.

 

 


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