Sharon Erickson

Sharon Erickson, 81,

Minot, ND, passed away

unexpectedly Monday,

October 18, 2021, at her

home.

Sharon Vangsness was

born September 7, 1940, a

daughter of Rudolph

and Anna Vangsness, in

Minot, ND.

She was raised on a

hard-working family farm

near Roseglen, ND. She

started her education at a

rural school near there

and graduated from Minot

High School in 1958.

Sharon married Phillip

E. Erickson July 8, 1961,

at Bethlehem Lutheran

Church, Roseglen, ND.

Phil and Sharon were

married for 49 years until

his death in 2010.

She began her career at

Westlie Motor Company

as an executive secretary.

After working there she

took time off to raise their

two sons, Troy and

Shane. Sharon enjoyed

being a homemaker. She

loved to bake and share

her baked goods with

everyone. It always would

bring a smile to

everyone’s faces. After

raising their two sons,

Sharon decided to go back

to work and started work-

ing at Wylie Piano Com-

pany.

Sharon had a very good

ear for music and could

sit at a piano and play

anything she heard. Any-

time The Voice or

America’s Got Talent was

on television she was on

the couch watching and

very much enjoyed the

talent on the shows.

Every holiday was

spent at Sharon’s home.

We always had the best

food and laughs at her

house.

She was a very fussy

housekeeper and nothing

was ever out of place.

Sharon loved to plant

flowers and care for them

but she would get

discouraged when the

deer would eat them all.

She loved and enjoyed

her grandsons, Travis and

Trevor, very much. She

helped raise them in their

younger years.

She was a member of

Zion Lutheran Church,

Minot.

Surviving family in-

cludes: Sons, Troy (Leah)

Erickson, Minot, and

Shane Erickson, Minot;

grandsons, Travis and

Trevor Erickson, both of

Minot; brother, Darwin

(Alice) Vangsness,

Roseglen, ND; sister, Lau-

rie (Gerald) Schmidt,

Solen, ND; brother-in-law,

Dean Lafferty, Cham-

paign, IL; sister-in-law,

Edna Mae Erickson,

Bismarck, ND; and very

special nieces, nephews

and cousins.

Sharon was preceded

in death by: her parents,

Rudolph and Anna Vangs-

ness; husband, Phillip Er-

ickson; sisters, Elizabeth

Anderson, Jean Lammers,

and Audrey Lafferty;

brothers-in-law, Morris

Erickson and Andy

Anderson.

Funeral: Friday, Oc-

tober 22, 2021, at 2:00

p.m. at of Zion Lutheran

Church in Minot

Interment: Sunset

Memorial Gardens, Minot,

ND.

Visitation: Thursday,

October 21, 2021, from 5

to 7 p.m. at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot; and

one hour prior to the ser-

vice at the church on Fri-

day.

The service will be

livestreamed for the pub-

lic to view and can be ac-

cessed by going tothe

Zion Lutheran Church

website:

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at

(www.thompson

larson.com).