Robert August ERICKSON

Birth:
4 Jun 1882
Julita, Sodermanland, Sweden
Death:
9 Aug 1958
Freedom, Caribou, Idaho
Burial:
11 Aug 1958
Freedom, Caribou, Idaho
Marriage:
10 Nov 1904
Logan, Cache, Utah
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                   Ward records received by Richmond in 1903 to Freedom.

Membership Records:  Freedom Ward, Star Valley Stake, Film #0034554
       Name:  Robert A. Erickson
       Father's Name:  Carl G.
       Mother's Name:  Bertha Peterson
       Remarks:  Received from Soda, Idaho Feb 4, 1923

Obituary, Star Valley Independent:  Robert August Erickson, 76, died at Freedom Wyo., August 9.  Cause of death was listed as cancer.
       Funeral services were held at the Freedom Ward LDS Chapel Monday, August 11 under the direction of the Freedom Ward bishopric.  Burial was in the Freedom Cemetery.
        Mr. Erickson was born in Sweden.  He emigrated to Cache Valley, Utah and later moved to Star Valley while yet a young man.
       He married Mary Luella Edwards in the Logan LDS Temple October 10, 1904.
       He worked for John Robinson in his early life.  Most of his education was from practical experience, not having completed his formal education.  He was a farmer and rancher in Star Valley most of his life.  He bought a farm and lived in Heyburn, Idaho for four years.  During World War II he worked on defense work in Utah and Idaho.
       Mr. Erickson was an Elder in the LDS church.  He served in the Sunday School superintendency in the Freeodm and Etna Wards, and was a ward teacher most of his life.
       He loved nature and enjoyed fishing, hunting and vacationing in the mountains.  He had many interesting experiences and loved to relate them to his family.
       Survivors include the following sons and daughters:  Warren R. Erickson, Edgar G. Erickson, Pendleton, Oregon; Leone Robinson, Freedom, Wyoming; Milton Erickson, Afton, Wyoming; Norma Reeves, Draper, Utah; Capt. Morris Erickson, For Dix, N.J.; 35 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Mary Luella EDWARDS
Birth:
5 Jul 1884
Riverdale, Oneida, Idaho
Death:
27 Jun 1952
Freedom, Caribou, Idaho
Burial:
30 Jun 1952
Freedom, Caribou, Idaho
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                   Birth and Baptism:  Freedom Church Records, FHL #0034554, page 39.
       Louella Edwards, daughter of Benjamin Edwards and Hanah Toulson, born 5
July 1884, Riverdale, Oneida, Idaho, baptized 5 July 1892 by Andrew Larson,
confirmed 7 July 1892 by Thomas H. Wilde. Ward record received 11 Mar 1905 from Thayne.

Membership Record:  Freedom Ward, Star Valley Stake, Film #0034554
      Name:  Mary Luella Erickson
      Father's Name:  Benj. Edwards
      Mother's Name:  Hannah Toolson
      Remarks:  Received from Soda, Idaho Feb. 4, 1923
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                   Membership Records:  Freedom Ward, Star Valley Stake, Film #0034554
      Name:  Warren Erickson
      Father's Name:  Robert A.
      Mother's Name M. Luella Edwards
      Born:  7 Nov 1905
      Where:  Thayne, Lincoln, Wyoming
      Baptism:  22 Aug 1915 by Eugene Weber
      Confirmation:  22 Aug 1915 by Eugene Weber

      Ordained a Priest on 25 Mar 1922 by John A. Thorpe, No. 313 - 593.
      Ordained an Elder on 11 July 1925 by Albert Barrus, No. 350 - 548.
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                   Membership Records:  Freedom Ward, Star Valley Stake, Film #0034554
       Name:  Edgar Erickson
       Father's Name:  Robert A.
       Mother's Name M. Luella Edwards
       Born:  29 Mar 1908
       Where:  Glen, Bingham, Idaho
       Baptism:  2 July 1916 by Eugene Weber
       Confirmation:  2 July 1916 by Eugene Weber
       Married:  17 Sep 1934 to Twila Allen, Moved 20 May to Smoot

       Blessed:  26 June 1908 by Robert A. Erickson
       Remarks:  Moved to Smoot May 10, 1940, No. 102

       Ordained a Teacher, 13 July 1924 by Walter Weber, No. 336
                  Priest, 2 Feb 1930 by Carl Robinson, No. 445, page 596.
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                   Birth:  State File #325073, Boise, Idaho.

Baptism:  Etna Ward Records, FHL Film #0034552, 1911-1926, Entry #248.

Endowment:  TIB #15000, Book A-2, page 576, Logan Temple.

Membership Records:  Freedom Ward, Star Valley Stake, Film #0034554
       Name:  Leone Erickson
       Father's Name:  Robert A.
       Mother's Name:  Mary Luella Edwards
       Born:  13 Aug 1909
       Where:  Freedom, Lincoln, Wyo.
       Baptism:  24 Sep 1916 by Robert Weber
       Confirmation:  30 Sept 1916 by Robert Weber

       Born:  13 Aug 1909, Glen, Bingham, Idaho (also 3 Aug 1909)
       Blessed:  23 Oct 1909 by George W. Bruce, No. 103, page 722.

Died of congestive heart failure.

Obituary, Star Valley Independent, March 28, 1996:  Leone Augusta Erickson Robinson, 86, died March 13, 1996 at her daughter, Rose's home in Provo, UT.  Funeral services were held on Saturday, March 16, 1996 at the Edgemont 2nd Ward LDS Chapel, Provo.  Additional services were held on Monday, March 18, 1996 at the Bedford, Wyoming LDS chapel with interment in the Freedom Cemetery.
       She was born on Aug. 13, 1909 in Glen, ID, the daughter of Robert August and Mary Luella Edwards Erickson.  She married John Melvin Robinson on Oct. 10, 1929 in the Logan LDS Temple.  He preceded her in death on Nov. 14, 1972.
       Leone was the third child of Robert and Luella Erickson.  At the age of 13, she dropped out of school to take care of her family and invalid mother.  She graduated from high school in 1957.  Leone and her husband, Melvin, were blessed with 10 children.
       She held numerous leadership positions in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  She served a mission to the Portland, Oregon Mission in 1977.
       Her occupation was mother and grandmother.  Her business was the family.  She helped financially by driving school bus, cooking at school, skinning beavers and working at the Star Valley Creamery.
       She is survived by her five sons and three daughters:  John Robinson of Tohatchie, NM; Renn Robinson of Murray, UT; Bruce Robinson of Bedford; Rose Jensen of Provo; Audrey Westrop of Pincher Creek, Canada; Mary Lue Jensen of Logandale, NV; Merrill Robinson of Los Lunas, NM; Clint Robinson of Stevensville, MT; Augusta Dimmick of Safford, AZ; 54 grandchildren and 97 great grandchildren; two brothers, Milton Erickson, Afton and Morris Erickson of Sun City, FL.
       She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, Lynn Robinson, a daughter, Verlene Miles; two grandsons; two granddaughters; two great granddaughters; her parents; two brothers, Warren and Edgar Erickson; a sister, Norma Reeves.
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                   Membership Records:  Freedom Ward, Star Valley Stake, Film #0034554
      Name:  Norma E. Erickson
      Father's Name:  Robert
      Mother's Name:  Luella Edwards
      Born:  23 Nov 1913
      Where:  Etna, Lincoln, Wyo.
      Baptism:  29 July 1923 by Warren Erickson
      Confirmation:  29 July 1923 by E. D. Jenkins
      Remarks:  Married Farrel Reeves Aug 17, 1940, moved to Smoot Jan 14, 1940

      Blessed:  4 June 1914 by Wm. O. Hardman
      Remarks:  Received from Soda, Idaho Feb 4, 1923, No. 387
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Robert August Erickson - Mary Luella Edwards

Robert August Erickson was born at Julita, Sodermanland, Sweden 4 Jun 1882. His parents were Carl Gustaf Erickson and Beata Persson.

He married Mary Luella Edwards 10 Nov 1904 at Logan, Cache, Utah . Mary Luella Edwards was born at Riverdale, Oneida, Idaho 5 Jul 1884 .

They were the parents of 7 children:
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Robert August Erickson died 9 Aug 1958 at Freedom, Caribou, Idaho .

Mary Luella Edwards died 27 Jun 1952 at Freedom, Caribou, Idaho .