Valley County ID Archives Obituaries.....Erickson, Fred W. April 1969
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Idaho Statesman, April 22, 1969
Services for Fred W. Erickson, 76, of Yellow Pine, who died Sunday in a Boise 
hospital following a long illness will be conducted at 1:30 pm, Thursday at 
McBratney-Alden-Waggoner Chapel by the Rev. Rufus Cole, minister of Mount 
Missionary in McCall. Interment will be in Yellow Pine at a later date.


Mr. Erickson was born Feb. 4, 1893, at White Cloud, Mich. He came west as a 
boy and grew up in Box Elder, Mont. He entered the service at Havre, Mont. and 
served in the U.S. Army in France during World War I. Following the war he 
moved to north Idaho and worked in the mines. In 1941 he moved to the Big 
Creek area and worked in the mines in the back country out of Yellow Pine. He 
had worked at most of the major mines in that area, including Snowshoe, 
Stibnite, and Cinabar. He also had prospected on his own for several years. In 
addition he had served as justice of the peace at Yellow Pine for many years. 
He moved to Boise in December 1968 to receive medical treatment and had been 
residing at Idaho State Soldiers' Home.

He was a member of the Lutheran Church and the Disabled American Veterans.

Survivors include a daughter and a step-daughter and two step-sons, 14 
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.


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