Robert Conrad Erickson, 88, Luverne, died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2002, at Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne.
Services were Saturday, Nov. 16, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Luverne. The Rev. Paul Fries officiated. Burial was in Beaver Creek Cemetery, Beaver Creek.
Robert Erickson was born to Alfred and Lucy (Peterson) Erickson on Nov. 7, 1914, in Beaver Creek Township. He attended schools in District 16 in Beaver Creek Township and Magnolia School. He graduated from Magnolia High School in 1933.
He married Helen Louise Arp on Feb. 14, 1939, at a parsonage in Luverne. He worked for area farmers and then at Luverne Co-op Creamery for five years before farming on his own. They farmed in the Hardwick area for 10 years and in the Magnolia/Luverne area for 21 years. He also was custodian in Magnolia School and Worthington Hospital. He drove a truck for Hatting Construction and was also a school bus driver. He moved to Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in 1998.
Mr. Erickson was a charter member of Bethany Lutheran Church where he served in various positions on the church council over the years.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Erickson, Luverne; four children and their spouses, Darwin (Joann) Erickson, Spencer, Iowa, Sandra (John) Smith, Cottonwood, Bryce (Kathie) Erickson, Minnetonka, and Minnell (James) Tralle, Elk River; five grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; three great-grandchildren; eight stepgreat-grandchildren; and one brother-in-law, Robert Staeffler, Worthington.
Mr. Erickson was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers and four sisters.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.