Family Tree of Steelesville Cemetery Burials - Person Sheet
Family Tree of Steelesville Cemetery Burials - Person Sheet
NameMary Erickson
Birth30 Mar 1886, MN
Death7 Sep 1974, Dassel, Meeker, MN
BurialSteelesville Cemetery, Dassel, Meeker, MN
FatherLouis Lars Erickson (1836-1915)
MotherChristine Nelson (1845-1931)
Spouses
Birth25 Feb 1885, MN
Death4 Jul 1951, Steelesville Cemetery, Dassel, Meeker, MN
BurialSteelesville Cemetery, Dassel, Meeker, MN
FatherGustaf Johansson Bergquist (1831-1914)
MotherAnna Louisa Peterson (1840-1919)
Marriage21 Sep 1910
ChildrenWillard Oscar (1913-1961)
 Louise Marion (1915-2012)
 Evelyn Virginia (1919-2007)
 Kenneth William (1925-2017)
Notes for Mary Erickson
Certificate No J-395  Date of marriage 9/21/1910  Groom's name A BERGQUIST  Bride's name MARY ERICKSON
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1940 Collinwood Twp Census p. 7B lines 69-72
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Buried at Steelesville Cemetery
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Rites Held for Mrs. Bergquist, 88

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Bergquist, 88, resident of the Dassel Lakeside Home were held on September 10 from the First Lutheran Church in Dassel with the Rev. Dr. Walter E. Carlson, pastor of the church, officiating. Mrs. Ted Bergquist and Mrs. Charles Meyer were soloists. Mrs. Paul Osness was the organist. A congregational hymn, “What a Friend We Have In Jesus” was sung. Pallbearers were Leslie Bergquist, Keith Bergquist, George Baldwin, Ronald Bergquist, Harold Bergquist and William Evers. Interment was in Steelesville Lutheran Cemetery.

Mary Erickson was born in Dassel on March 30, 1886, a daughter of Louis and Christina (Nelson) Erickson. On September 21, 1910, she was united in marriage to August Bergquist in Dassel. She resided in the Dassel area until moving to Cokato village 15 years ago. She lived in Cokato for eight years, and then moved to the Village of Dassel. She had been a resident of the Dassel Lakeside Home for five and a half years. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church, Dassel.

Survivors include one son, Kenneth, Dassel; two daughters, Mrs. Louise Baldwin, Litchfield, and Mrs. Harold (Evelyn) Larson, Robbinsdale; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband who died in 1951; one son, Willard; one grandson; and one brother, Oscar Erickson.

Obituary - Dassel Dispatch 9-26-1974

Mary Erickson Bergquist
Birth 30 Mar 1886 Dassel, Meeker County, Minnesota, USA
Death 7 Sep 1974 (aged 88) Dassel, Meeker County, Minnesota, USA
Burial Steelesville Cemetery Dassel, Meeker County, Minnesota, USA
Memorial ID 55100572

Family Members
Parents


Louis Erickson
1836–1915

Christine Erickson
1845–1931

Spouse

August William Bergquist
1885–1951 (m. 1910)

Children

Willard Oscar Bergquist
1913–1961

Louise Marion Bergquist Baldwin
1915–2012

Evelyn Virginia Bergquist Larson
1919–2007

Kenneth William Bergquist
1925–2017
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