Delores Doris Erickson, age 86, of Cambridge, formerly of Harris passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at her home at Riverwood Village.
She was born on October 17, 1929 in Bodum, Minnesota to Manfred and Elizabeth (Egelkraut) Lindell. Delores lived in Springvale and attended the Moody School.
On April 2, 1949 she was united in marriage to Leif Erickson at the Cambridge Lutheran Church. They lived at the Erickson home farm with Leif’s mother where they continued operating the dairy farm and raising their ten children. They continued farming until retiring, and rented the land to John Swanson.
Delores enjoyed working in her garden, baking bread, living life on the farm, spending time with family and friends, music and dancing. Delores was a very humble lady and enjoyed the simple everyday things in life.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Leif in September 2013, son Curtis in October 2015, son-in-law Art Johnson, sisters Bernice Swing and Verona Lindberg.
Delores is survived by her children Nancy (Ken) Evers of Cambridge, Jerry Erickson of Cambridge, Sheila Johnson of Apache Junction, AZ, Lois (Joel) Bazey of Isanti, Candace (Troy) Tuntland of Jacksonville, FL, Richard Erickson of Sarasota, FL, Blair (Annemarie) Erickson of Minnetonka, Lisa Erickson of Tucson, AZ, Lori Erickson of Oakdale, daughter-in-law Mary Erickson of North Branch, 12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, as well as other relatives and friends.
Funeral Services were held at 2 p.m., Saturday, July 9, 2016 at Carlson-Lillemoen Funeral Home in Cambridge. Interment was in North Isanti Baptist Cemetery. Online condolences at www.carlsonlillemoen.com.