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The Eugene Register-Guard
Lane County, Oregon
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Melvin Erickson
Melvin Tolbert Erickson of Eugene died April 16 of age-related causes. He was 78. A memorial service is planned.
He was born March 9, 1932, in Omaha, Neb., to Melvin and Alice Tolbert Erickson. He was formerly married to Sheridan Adams of Berkeley, Calif., and to Joanna Robb of England. He had two former domestic partners, Audrey Odell Erickson and Rosette Lattimore.
He graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington and a master's degree from University of California at Berkeley. He served as a first lieutenant in the Army. He was a retired professor from Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill.
Survivors include a son, Rhodec of Eugene; a daughter, Robin Erickson of Eugene; two brothers, Darryl of Cashmere, Wash. and Alan of Seattle; and two sisters, Arlene Taylor of Seattle and Alice Larse of Los Altos, Calif.
Arrangements by Sunset Hills Cemetery, Funeral Home & Crematorium in Eugene. Remembrances to White Bird Clinic in Eugene or the Nature Conservancy.
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Melvin was cremated, and his ashes were sent home with relatives.
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