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Roseau - Ruth Erickson passed away on September 13, 2016 at Life Care Medical Center.

Ruth (Pelowski) Erickson, the daughter of Brede and Mathilda (Pederson) Christianson, was born in Haug on August 10, 1919. She attended grade school in Haug Leo and graduated from Badger High School in 1935. After graduation, she spent 2½ years in Los Angeles working as a governess while living with her sister, Mabel.

Ruth’s first husband, Lawrence Pelowski, passed away in 1963 as a result of a car accident, leaving their 11 children to raise on her own. In 1974 she married Earl Erickson and they spe...