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Helen Vivian ERICKSON

Female 1920 - 1994  (74 years)


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  • Name Helen Vivian ERICKSON 
    Birth 14 Feb 1920  Anoka County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Minnesota Birth Certificate 1920-00517 
    Oregon Death Certificate 94-21207 
    Social Security Number 468-20-0850 
    Death 10 Oct 1994  Malheur County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Crystal Lake Masonic Cemetery, Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • as Helen V Goodman
    Notes 
    • Born as Vivian Helen.

      In the 1940 census, she and Hartley, with their daughter Beverly, lived with Eric and Ella in Oak Grove Twp, Anoka County, Minnesota.

      Living in Corvallis, Oregon, at the time of her father’s death.

      At the time of her mother’s death in 1964, she was Mrs. James A Goodman, 1911 Menlo Drive, Corvallis, Oregon.

      The U.S. Public Records Index, Vol. 2, shows her living at 1156 SW 11th Ave, Ontario, Oregon, as Helen V Goodman. James A Goodman lives at that same address.

      Her obit in the Corvallis newspaper:

      Helen V. Goodman, an Ontario resident who lived in Corvallis for much of her life, died Monday at at her home. She was 74.

      She was born in Bethel, Minnesota, to Erick and Ella Hughes Erickson. She moved with her family to Corvallis where she completed her schooling. She married James A Goodman on January 22, 1944, in Vancouver, Washington. The couple lived in El Centro, California, before returning to Corvallis in December of 1944. They moved to Ontario in October of 1979.

      She was interested in painting, sewing, crafts, and gardening.

      She is survived by her husband, three grandsons, and eight great-grandchildren.

      (Her daughter Beverly, is not mentioned in the obituary alhough Beverly’s children and grandchildren are. Presumably, Beverly wrote the obituary but forgot to list herself as surviving.)
    Person ID I7516  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2022 

    Father Erick Godfrey ERICKSON,   b. 18 Oct 1886, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1957, University Hospital, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Ella Lorraine HUGHES,   b. 31 Mar 1894, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1964, Isanti County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 14 Oct 1909  Anoka County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F22  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hartley Samuel THOMPSON,   b. 23 Dec 1915, Isanti County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1995, Anoka County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Divorce Yes, date unknown 
    • Helen married Goodman as Helen Thompson and said on her marriage license that she had been married once before.
    Children 
     1. Beverly Rhea GOODMAN,   b. 2 Aug 1938, Anoka County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 2022, Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F14296  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 May 2020 

    Family 2 James Albert GOODMAN,   b. 16 Oct 1922, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 2001, Camden, Benton County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 22 Jan 1945  Clark County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • as James A. Goodman, single, and Helen V. Thompson, divorced
    Children 
     1. Beverly Rhea GOODMAN,   b. 2 Aug 1938, Anoka County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 2022, Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     2. James A GOODMAN,   b. 29 Jul 1945   d. 4 Nov 1945 (Age 0 years)
     3. Carol Ann GOODMAN,   b. 3 May 1947, Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1966, Benton County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
    Family ID F5737  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 May 2020