Viola C. "Ole" Erickson

Viola C. “Ole” Erickson, age 76, passed away on Monday, August 24, 2015, at Essentia Health in Fargo, North Dakota, after a long battle with cancer.

Viola Corrine was born on October 7, 1938, to Albert and Irene (Anderson) Erickson at the family farm near Lake Lizzie in Ottertail County. She was baptized at home, along with three of her siblings and was confirmed at Bethel Lutheran Church in Pelican Rapids. She attended country school in District #79 and graduated from Pelican Rapids High School, where she was the captain of the basketball team. She and her family played and sang at many gatherings in the surrounding areas.

Viola was a proud and dedicated employee for fifty-two years at West Central Turkeys in Pelican Rapids, working there longer than any other employee, until her retirement in 2009. She enjoyed cattle farming and helping neighbors with field work. She was always her father’s “right- hand man”.

She enjoyed making lawn ornaments, playing her guitar, working on the farm, drawing, painting, auction sales and hunting and fishing on the family farm.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Irene Erickson and two brothers-in-law, Edward Lammers and David Kellerhuis.

Viola is survived by her four sisters, Leone Lammers of Barnesville, Margaret Kellerhuis of Detroit Lakes and Laureen Erickson and Lavonne Erickson, both of Pelican Rapids; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and her good friend, Verna Marwig.

Visitation: 12:00-1:00 PM on Saturday, August, 29, 2105, at Olson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls
Service: Saturday, August 29, 2015, at 1:00 PM at the Olson Funeral Home Chapel in Fergus Falls
Clergy: Reverend John Krueger
Interment: Private family burial at a later date in Northwest Cemetery, near Pelican Rapids
Funeral Home: Olson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls
Online condolences may be sent to www.olsonfuneralhome.com