Helen Grace Erickson

Our dear mother, Helen Grace Erickson, passed away very peacefully on February 26, 2013 at Briarwood Health Center in Issaquah, Washington. Helen was one of ten children born to Chester and Mabel Ray in Regina, Saskatchewan, August 5, 1921. They moved to Monroe, Washington to be near Grandma Ray and aunts and uncles. Mom grew up in Monroe living with our dear Aunt Ella and Uncle Tom after getting pneumonia at age ten. They took such good care of her, she made it all the way to ninety one and a half years old. Mom met Ray Erickson at a dance and they married in 1942. They settled in Seattle, where Dad built a beautiful home for his family. Dad passed away November 7, 2007. They had six children – Ginny (Graham) Dorland, Lynda (Bill) Schupp, Bruce (deceased) (Sharman) Erickson, Janet Albright, Don (Cheri) Erickson and Larry (Jodee) Erickson. They had nineteen grandchildren, twenty five great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter. Mom will be missed by all of her family and friends, but joins her husband, Ray, her son Bruce and grandson Jeff, plus all other family members that went before her. We will miss her every single day, but we have so many wonderful memories.

Service will be at Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, 10005 32nd Ave NE, Seattle, 98125, on Friday, March 8, 2013 at 11:00am. Remembrances can be made to Maple Leaf Lutheran Church.