Myron Lauritz ERICKSON

1920 - 1993  (72 years)

• Name	Myron Lauritz ERICKSON
  Birth	4 Oct 1920	Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Jun 1993	La Crosse County, Wisconsin
  Burial	Mormon Coulee Memorial Park, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
  Notes	A ten-year old Myron Erickson is listed in the 1930 census as “grandson”, living in Coon Valley with his widower grandfather Lauritz Erickson. In the 1940 census, as Myron Erickson, he is living with his mother and step-father in Washington Twp, La Crosse County, and working as a farm laborer. Not mentioned in the obit of his half-sister Beatrice. Referred to as brother “Mike” in the obit of his half-sister Mary Hoff. He is identified as a son of Soren Ole Nundahl in an Ancestry.com family tree. Myron "Mike" L. Erickson, 2105 Johnson St., passed away June 17, 1993. He was born Oct. 4, 1920, in Coon Valley and was baptized and confirmed in Coon Valley Lutheran Church. On Oct. 6, 1956, he was united in marriage to Gwendolyn Strangstalien of Westby. He retired from Gateway Transportation Co. of La Crosse in 1983, where he had been employed since 1957 and previously was with the Ruan and Hillside Transportation companies, and with Dairyland Transportation Co. of Coon Valley. From 1937 to 1939, he was with the Civilian Conservation Corps and was a member of the Brotherhood of XCCCers. He was a Navy veteran of World War II having been accepted for the token crew of the USS Wisconsin in 1942. Upon his discharge in 1946, he became a member of American Legion Post 116 of Coon Valley. He was a 25-year member of Moose Lodge 120 of La Crosse. From 1988 to 1992 he was employed with the Franciscan Health System in their Community Outreach programs. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his three sons, Dale of Fairfax, Va., Paul (Terri) of Onalaska and Peter of La Crosse; two sisters, Alice Stromstad (Emil) Brye of Coon Valley and Mary Stromstad (Howard) Hoff of La Crosse; and by a brother, Harold Stromstad of Kennewich, Wash. Two brothers and his parents, Joseph and Lena Erickson Stromstad, preceded him in death. A memorial service will be conducted by Dr. Dennis Johnson in Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2135 Weston St., La Crosse, at 11 a.m. Monday, June 21. Visitation for friends and relatives will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, June 20 in Seland Funeral Home, Coon Valley, and from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church Monday. Burial will be in Mormon Coulee Memorial Park Cemetery, with military rites conducted by Post 116. Memorials may be made to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church or to a church of choice.
  Person ID	I20490	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Soren O NUNDAHL,   b. 12 Jul 1888, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 5 Dec 1956, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Lena Bertha ERICKSON,   b. 4 Mar 1898, La Crosse County, Wisconsin d. 15 Nov 1976, La Crosse County, Wisconsin (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F14847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gwendolyn Thelma STRANGSTALIEN,   b. 29 Feb 1924, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 8 Jun 2016, Virginia (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1956
  Family ID	F14848	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2015