Georgia L. Erickson, 80, of Rural Gorin, Mo, died February 9, 2022 at the LaBelle Manor Care Center in Labelle, Missouri.
She was born on October 15, 1941 in Gorin, MO to George and Dorothy Fordney.
Georgia attended Indian Creek Elementary School and graduated from Memphis High School in 1959.
After high school, she moved to Keokuk, IA, where she worked before returning to Memphis.
As a child, she attended Oak Ridge Baptist Church and accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age. She loved to serve at church and praise the Lord.
On August 5, 1972, she married Johnny Erickson, the love of her life for 46 years, and to the union, Georgia brought with her two daughters: Terri and Tammi
Georgia loved reading her Bible and her daily devotionals, sewing, cooking many meals, working in her garden, feeding her hummingbirds, collecting precious moments, and loving every animal that happened to show up on the farm, especially her trusty K-9 companion of 13 years, Mollie. Above all, she loved spending time with her family, pampering her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, following them in all their activities and smiling at everyone she met along the way. She was a loving and caring person, devoted wife, mother, mom and friend who always put others first. “To know her was to love her.”
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and brother-in-law Oren Erickson.
Those cherishing her memories are two daughters: Terri Dobson and friend Jules Dixon of Erie, CO and Tammi Dobson Dale of Gorin, MO; Two grandchildren: Aaron (Anna) Dale of Memphis, MO and Aimee (Collin) Shultz of Gorin, MO; Eight great-grandchildren: Vincent, Olivia, Zavier, Sylvie Dale and Brinley, Brantlee, Bromley and Bexlee Shultz; Sister-in-law: Celina Erickson of Rutledge, MO; Brother-in-law Ralph (Betty) Erickson of Gorin, MO and a cousin Louise (Allen) Fitzgerald of Gorin, Mo, who called her “sister”.
Georgia will be remembered for her kind and giving heart and sweet personality. She will be missed by everyone who knew her.
Memorials in lieu of flowers are proposed to the Kirksville Humane Society or the Pleasant Grove Cemetery Association and may be deposited at or mailed to the Payne Funeral Chapel, 202 E. Madison St., Memphis, MO 63555.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, February 13, 2022 at Payne Funeral Chapel in Memphis, conducted by Allen Fitzgerald. Burial followed in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Gorin. The pallbearers were Aaron Dale, Darin Dale, Collin Shultz, Darrell Shultz, Mitch Pence, Leon Shaw and James Vassholz. Honorary pallbearers were Brinley Shultz, Brantlee Shultz, Bromley Shultz, Bexlee Shultz. Vincent Dale, Olivia Dale, Zavier Dale and Sylvie Dale.
Online messages of condolence can be shared with the Erickson family by logging onto Payne’s website at paynefuneralchapel.com
The arrangements were entrusted to the Payne funeral chapel in Memphis.
