Gordon & Barbara Erickstad

Services for Gordon Erickstad, 53, and Barbara Erickstad, 49, Bismarck, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Lutheran Church of the Cross, Bismarck, with the Rev. Keith Odney officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Memory Gardens, Valley City, with the Rev. Paul Brown officiating. Military rites will be provided by North Dakota Army National Guard, Bismarck.

Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m. Tuesday at Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck.

Barbara Marie Heckman was born Jan. 19, 1949, in Valley City, the daughter of Lawrence R. and Ethel B. (Spoerl) Heckman. She attended school in Valley City, graduating from Valley City High School in 1967. She attended Dakota Business College, Fargo, graduating in 1969.

Gordon Kent Erickstad was born June 1, 1945, in Devils Lake, the son of Arthur and Esther (Dahlstrom) Erickstad. He attended school in Starkweather, graduating in 1963. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served a tour in Korea. He was discharged in 1967 and attended and graduated from Dakota AeroTech in Fargo.

Barb and Gordy met in Fargo in 1969, and were married Jan. 10, 1970, in Valley City. They made their home briefly in Nebraska, Alaska and Fargo, before moving to Bismarck in 1973. They had three children, Michelle Lynn, Stacey Marie and Brian John.

Barb worked for the Bismarck Tribune, United Accounts and most recently, Dan's Supermarket.

Gordy served for 31 years in the North Dakota Army National Guard, achieving the rank of Master Sergeant. He was an aircraft mechanic supervisor for the Guard.

Barbara and Gordon are survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, Michelle and Jay Hansen, West Fargo, and Stacey Erickstad, Phoenix; one son, Brian, Bismarck; and four grandchildren, Brandon, Samantha, Kimberly and Matthew Hansen, all of West Fargo.

Barbara is survived by her mother, Ethel Heckman, Valley City; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Kathleen and Tom Langemo, Fingal, and Jan Heckman, Fargo; and one brother-in-law, Rydell Becker, Valley City.

She was preceded in death by her father; and one sister, Pamela Becker.

Gordy is survived by two brothers and sisters-in-law, Clayton and Mavis, and Bob and Maxine, all of Starkweather; and four sisters, Edith Wass, Starkweather, Gloria and Bud Unger, Denver, Phyllis and Arvey Arnold, Denver, and Sylvia and Dean Moorehouse, Spokane, Wash.

He was preceded in death by his parents. (Oliver-Nathan Chapel, Valley City, and Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck)