Nora E. Erickson

Nora E. Erickson, age 86, of Kearney died Sunday, December 1, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Funeral services will be Friday, December 6, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Kearney with Pastor James DeLoach officiating. Burial will be in the Kearney Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home and one hour prior to services Friday morning at the Church. Memorials are planned to Zion Lutheran Church or the Zion Lutheran School. A message of condolence, tribute of memory can be left at www.hlmkfuneral.com. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services are in charge of arrangements. Nora was born April 10, 1927 on the family farm North of Riverdale to Ralph and Clara (Mueller) Lammers. She attended school in Riverdale and was a graduate of Riverdale High School in 1943. She married Albert “Bud” Erickson on September 30, 1945 at the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at Peake near Riverdale. She became a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Kearney when the Peake and Poole congregations merged into one congregation and moved to Pleasanton. She taught Sunday School at Zion for 35 years and was the Sunday School superintendent for several years. She also served on the Board of Education, Board of Evangelism, the Church Foundation Board and was chairman of the Funeral Committee for many years. She was a member of the Concordia Society, a 18 plus gallon blood donor and after her retirement was a volunteer at Zion School, the Arch and the Children’s Museum. Nora was employed at Baldwin manufacturing for 15 years retiring in 1993 and then was the Zion school secretary for seven years retiring in 2001. Survivors include her 3 sons-Ken and his wife Teresa of Atlanta, NE, Norm and his wife Cindy of Pleasanton and Don and his wife Jolene of Germantown, IA.; 2 daughters-Jean Smith and her husband Calvin of Grand Island and Peggy Hawbaker and her husband Craig of Lodi, CA.; 16 grandchildren, 4 step grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, 13 step great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren; 1 sister-Arlene Lammers of Glenwood, IA.;2 sister in laws-Marlyn Lammers of Los Gatos, CA and Colleen Erickson of Scottsbluff, NE; 1 brother in law-Bryce Erickson of Kearney. Nora was preceded in death by her husband-Albert “Bud” Erickson on February 11, 2005, two great grandchildren, two brothers and three sisters. PDF Printable Version

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Nora E. Erickson

April 10, 1927 - December 1, 2013