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1936
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2012
Alan Ericson Obituary
Funeral will at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at the First United Methodist Church in Galva. Rev. Ann Champion will officiate. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at Rux Funeral Home in Galva. Burial will be in Galva Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the First United Methodist Church in Galva and the Wiley Museum.
He was born May 12, 1936, in Kewanee, the son of Theodore and Myrtle (Ericson) Ericson. He married Jean L. Cederberg on March 30, 1957, in Galva. She survives, as do two sons, David (Connie) Ericson of Galesburg and Jamie (Diane) Ericson of Oswego; a daughter, Diana (Steve) Larson of Galva; a daughter-in-law, Julie Ericson of Galva; a brother, Harold (Norma) Ericson of Peoria; eight grandchildren, Tim, Greg, Katie and Kimberly Larson, Nathan (Brienne) Ericson, and Emily, Rebecca and Andrew Ericson; a stepgrandchild, Chris (Catherine) Bevard; and a great-grandchild, Reagan. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Mark; and a brother, Charles.
Alan graduated from Galva High School in 1954 where he was very active in sports and had held the 100 yard dash record for many years and then attended the University of Illinois. He did carpentry work for 10 years and then had worked as a postal carrier for the U.S. Postal Service for 34 years. He was an active and life-time member of the First United Methodist Church and was most recently on the finance committee and also enjoyed the choir for many years and had also held many leadership positions. He was a Bishop Hill descendant and was last original member and trombone player for the Bishop Hill High Society Band and had been a member of the VASA Lodge and the Galva Historical Society. He was an avid collector of stamps, antique cars and coins and had started his grandchildren on stamp collections. He also enjoyed a mean game of Shanghai Cards, traveling, camping and family and grandkids.
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