Wayne H. Erickson

Wayne Erickson Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, Messiah Lutheran Church, Aledo. Visitation: 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, Fippinger Funeral Home, Aledo. ALEDO, Ill. #45;- Wayne H. Erickson, 79, Aledo, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2005, surrounded by his family after a long courageous battle with cancer. The Rev. David Schweppe will officiate the services. Burial will be at the National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal, with military services conducted by the Mercer County Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1571. Memorials may be left to Messiah Lutheran Church. Mr. Erickson was born Nov. 1, 1925, in Ames, Iowa, the son of Ingval and Anna Houge Erickson. He married Betty L. Vore on June 26, 1948, in Slater, Iowa. He graduated from Ames High School. He was a U.S. military veteran, who proudly served his country in the Navy, Army and the Marine Corp. He served on the USS Iowa and witnessed the atomic bomb testing at Bikini Island. While in the Marine Reserves, he started the 'Toys for Tots' program in the Ames area. He was employed as a fireman, police officer, truck driver and retired from General Cartage in 1986 due to ill health. He was a member of Mercer County ...[more]

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Post 1571, American Legion Fallerans Post 121 in Aledo, Messiah Lutheran Church and the Teamsters Union. He enjoyed golfing, fishing, hunting and being with his family. He had a dog named Smokie. Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Linda Douglas of Milan, Ill., Susan Thirtyacre and husband, Neal, of Illinois City, Ill. and Alice Wainwright and Sam Splear of Milan; a son, Chief Warrant Officer Four Dennis Erickson and Patti Page of Vienna, Va.; eight grandchildren, Suzanne Hanes and husband, Brett, Wendy MacDonald and husband, Mike, Kelly Senatra and husband, Chris, Anna Thirtyacre, April Bowlyou and husband, Brent, Craig Wainwright and wife, Chelo, Dustin Erickson and wife, Tara, and Jacqueline Erickson; 10 great-grandchildren, Andrew, Emily, Lauren, Jack, Katlyn, Eric, Ryan, Brady, Mason and Allie; and a brother, John Erickson of Van Nuys, Calif. He was preceded in death by his parents, five sisters, six brothers and two infant brothers.