Erick Erickson passes away
Erick Leroy Erickson passed away peacefully on Nov. 11. Born in Libby, Montana, on Feb. 16, 1925, to Erick Erickson and Sadie (Stearns) Erickson, the family moved to the Seattle area in the 1930s to find work. Erickson joined the merchant marines, and after war was declared in 1941, he signed on with the Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) at the age of 17. His experiences in the Pacific shaped his life.
After the war, he met and married Dorothy Terpstra in Monroe, Washington, in 1947. They had a son, Erick, and two daughters,
