Obit: Erickson, Emery (1914 – 1969)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Erickson, Crubel, Brockman, Thorson, Madsen, Doonan, Wendt, McMillan, Wollum, Conzemius, Bulgrin, Barager, Tiedeman, Mahoney, Haas, Gruszynski

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 24 Jul 1969

Erickson, Emery (9 MAY 1914 – 18 JUL 1969)

It was saddening news Friday when the death of Emery Erickson was learned by residents of the Owen and Withee area (Clark Co., Wis.), as he had been a lifelong resident of the two communities, in addition to having been a highly respected businessman in each of them.

He passed away at 2 a.m. Friday, July 18, 1969 at St. Joseph's Hospital Marshfield, where he had been admitted on the 24th of June after suffering a severe stroke.

A Requiem Mass was said by Fathers H.L. Crubel and Francis Brockman at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Owen, at 10 o'clock Monday morning, July 21st. Interment was made at Riverside Cemetery.

Six cousins, Gordon, Edward, Orville, Alvin, Harry and Roy Thorson, served as pallbearers, while honorary pallbearers included W.K. Doonan, Pater Madsen, Edward Wendt, C.N. McMillan, H.M. Wollum, Ray Conzemius, L.E. Bulgrin, C.O. Albert, J. R. Barager, and Kenneth Tiedeman.

Emery Marion Erickson, 55, was a lifelong resident of this community, being born May 9, 1914 at Longwood (Clark Co.). He was graduated from Owen High School and immediately began a business career that spanned more than 30 years, in the feed business, having first operated a mill at Longwood and later in Withee. He sold his business in 1953, and since that time has been associated with the Master Package Corporation, Owen, and was vice president in charge of sales at the time of his death.

He was a member of the Holy Rosary Church, Owen; the Holy Name Society, and a member of the Thorp Chapter of the Knights of Columbus, in addition to having been an active civic and business leader and a charter member of the Withee Lions Club.

His warm and sincere personality won him a host of friends who share his loss with his mourners, who include his wife, Margaret (Mahoney), whom he married May 23, 1942 in a ceremony performed at Abbotsford; a son, James, at home; a daughter, Mrs. Dennis (Karen) Haas, Menasha; two grandchildren and a step-sister, Mrs. Louis (Elizabeth) Gruszynski, South Bend, Indiana.