Gladys Erickson, 81, Granite Falls, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2002, in Granite Falls Hospital.
Services were Wednesday, Feb. 20, at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Granite Falls. The Rev. Jim DeVorak officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Gladys Lucy McFarland was born to Claude and Olive (Rogers) McFarland on March 11, 1920, in Currie. She attended Currie Catholic Grade School and graduated from Valley Springs High School, Valley Springs, S.D.
She married Arvid Erickson on Oct. 21, 1942, in Fort Ord, Calif. She worked in retail clothing and variety stores.
Mrs. Erickson was a member of the St. Andrew Parish Council, VFW Auxiliary and the Hospital Auxiliary. She enjoyed gardening, crocheting afghans and making angel pins, all of which she enjoyed giving to others.
Survivors include her husband, Arvid Erickson, Granite Falls; five children and their spouses, Nancy (Mike) Andre, Kirkland, Wash., Mary (Keith) Bergo, Montevideo, Jeff Erickson (partner, Dan O'Brien), Minneapolis, Jane Erickson, Granite Falls, and Tom (Tammy) Erickson, Plymouth; five grandchildren, Angie, Ben, Eric, Britt and Sam; two sisters, Audrey Jacobson, Mound, and Jean Dubbelde, Pipestone; and many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Erickson was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Ernest and Vince, and two sisters, Edith and Marilyn.
Wing-Bain Funeral Home, Granite Falls, was in charge of arrangements.