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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 25939
Title: Charles "Chuck" Erickson
Date: 9/17/1946-5/16/2022
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Inscription/Marks: 9/17/1946
Summary: Charles Erickson, 75, Mandan, passed away May 16, 2022. Funeral services was held 10 a.m. Monday, May 23, at Bismarck Baptist Church, 2211 Laforest Ave, Bismarck. Burial was at Augustana Lutheran Church Cemetery, Sheyenne, ND. I was born in the New Rockford, ND hospital in 1946.  The first of my family to be born in a hospital I think, and the hospital has been closed.  There is no connection if that’s what you’re thinking.  I attended country school at Grandfield #1, until it closed and then attended and graduated from Sheyenne Public in 1964.  That school is closed too incidentally.  I spent the first 18 years of my life on the Erickson Homestead Farm in Eddy County.  I attended and graduated from NDSU in Fargo after cramming my 4 years into 10 majoring in Wildlife Biology. Two very significant things happened to me in 1973.  On March 23, I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and my life has never been the same. In June of ’73, I met Karen Muri across an intersection in Medora, ND and again, my life has never been the same. I married my best friend December 29 that same year on one of the coldest weekends on record (-44 and I didn’t even feel it). May each of our kids and each of our grandkids have as much joy in being married as I have had.  What a trip! We spent our first 30 years working as park manager at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park where we had Clay, Krisha, Cole, and Shale and 2 babies waiting for us in Heaven.  We also fostered 50+ children.  I retired from the park service in January of 2004 then worked at Shiloh Christian School and the Adult Abused Resource Center.  I retired for good in December of 2009. My life has been good with ups and downs, more ups and joy than downs.  I have enjoyed my kids and their many activities and now am able to enjoy my grandkids and kids-in-laws and the activities they add to our life.  Keep Christ the center of your life and focus, and don’t forget!!!  I’ll be watching and waiting for you in Heaven. Chuck is survived by his wife Karen of 48 years; son, Clay Erickson (Rachelle) and their kids Evan and Axel; daughter, Krisha Fuller (Brian) and their kids Kursten, Kaden, Brynn and Brooklyn; son, Cole Erickson (Kim) and their kids Natalia, Alaina, and Hudson; son, Shale Erickson. Also, Chuck’s two sisters Diane Wash (Harlan) and Elaine Retzlaff (Wayne), Karen’s brothers Garvin Muri (Joanna) and Bob Muri (Patsy) and many, many, many nieces and nephews who he loved with all his heart and prayed for daily.
Red ID: FND_I_76487 Image ID: 547566 Image Notes: FND001 25939

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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