Posted on: Wood Co. Wi Obits Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WoodObits/343 Surname: ERICKSON ------------------------- Gertrude ERICKSON Obit taken from the Pittsville Record, Volume 2, Number 1, Wednesday, August 17, 1910, Page 5 Miss Gertrude ERICKSON, daughter of Mr and Mrs Isaac ERICKSON, living just north of this city, died in a hospital in Minneapolis August 12th of typhoid fever. The funeral takes place today at the house at 2pm and the remians will be deposited at the city cemetery here. The local camp of Royal Neighbors have charge of the funeral and the ceremonies will be under the ritual of this order. Gertrude ERICKSON was born in Ierna Sweden, March 2, 1880 and came to America with her parents when she was one year of age. The first settlement of the family was in Merrillan, and from there they came to Pittsville and have lived here since 1885. She had been away from home about five months when the sudden stroke came calling her to the great haven beyond mortality. She leaves a father, mother, four brothers and four sisters to mourn her untimely demise. Joan M BENNER, Golden Rule Genealogy Member, Association of Professional Genealogists Rootsweb Sponsor Link: Golden Rule Genealogy URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-joanb.htm>