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Show JOHN ARION EREKSON Obituary ! Condolences "Beloved Husband and Father" John Arion kson /. \~Jas born ~Y1arch 24, 1911 in NtJlTa'l, Utah, to ohn Benbolt..~ and Isabella Oberlander Erekson. He died une 13th at homE' surrounded by his family. Anon radlJated from Uni-versity of Utah ,,'./ith a degree in drarna nd sptech in 1933. He then did graduate work at th€:' I~WoIii1iirIoo~~a...IlO.I.J,I~iIiIiiII1I:II~ in Bacteriology. He n1et his wife, elen Elizabeth Patch, In Minneapol is and thE::Y were ••. arried Dec 27, 1941 . He seJved in _' In the eutian Islands and returned hon1e to run thE:- fan1ily farn1 with his father. He was a dairyman for 3S years. He served on the board of thE.' Uta h Farm Bureau. as PreSident of the Salt lake Co . Farm Bureall, as Pn:Sident and Vice PreSident and on the Board of the Big and; LEttie Cottonwood Tanner Ditch cOOl.panies for many years r and in many other capaCities. Arion wet,s a wonderful husband and father and Ile loved his family and his Father in Heaven . He v'ofas a Inen1ber of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter~day Saint s and served as Bishop and in m.any callings. He and hiS wifE.' filled a rnission to North Carolina and they worked in the Jordan River Temple for 13 y~a.rs, He had a wonderful Singing vOice and he loved to recite poetrv, all thE:' way to 92! Arion IS survived by hiS ~Nife HelE.m, eight children; Jay (Linda) Erekson, Arilyn (LeRoy) Jensen, f.1a rk (Raani) Erekson. Lynne (Jim) vanTreese, Reid (Oriana) Ereksof1, Enca Erekson, \'VendyErekson and Susan (Bm) Cronkr'ite; 35 graindchlldren; 16 great~grandchildren; and brother, Althur B. Erekson . He was preceded in death by brother, Reid, and four grandchildren. Services will be Tues. June 17 at the <;, Cottonwood 13th \Vard Chapelr 5235 S . w.:sley Road. (1107 E.) ""'urray, UT at 11 a.m . .A vieJNing v-ril l be at )~nklns Soffe Nortuary, 4760 'S. Stat e St., r-1urray, UT, r-'1 0n. 5- 7 p. n1. and at the churc h one hOtH' prior to s€:rvic€: on Tuesda y . Interment, M.urray City C(;'metery . -- Pu blished in Salt lake Tribune from June 15 to June 16, 2003 |
