Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Erickson

She was born in West Duluth on July 8, 1921 to Charles and Maude Cox.

Mary graduated from Denfeld High School in 1940. She worked as a store clerk until she married Wilbert Erickson on August 9, 1947. They were blessed with 65 years of marriage.

Mary was a remarkable woman who was always pleasant, cheerful, caring, kind and looked on the bright side of things. She was never cross with others and did not complain.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Eileen Hendrickson and Gen Sober; and brothers, Frances and Charles Cox.

Mary is survived by her husband, Wilbert; nieces and nephews; and sisters-in-law, Hilda Larson and Laura Larson.

Visitation will be 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. service on Monday, August 27 in Bell Brothers Funeral Home, 601 N 56th Ave W, in Duluth. Entombment will be at Sunrise Cemetery in Hermantown.