Earla Yvonne Wagstaff Erickson Obituary (1931 - 2015)

Earla Yvonne Wagstaff Erickson passed away peacefully at home on April 4, 2015 at age 84 in South Jordan, Utah after struggling through her second stroke in just over a month. She was born February 1, 1931 in Salt Lake City, and raised in Holladay. Her parents were Mildred Hope Moss and Nathan Earl Wagstaff. She married her high school sweetheart Vernon Ray Erickson, July 20, 1949 in the Logan Temple for time and all eternity. Their courtship began first at Granite High School after she spotted him at a summer baseball game she was attending with some girlfriends. It progressed as she would save him a seat beside her on the school bus. After starting her family, she took on cosmetology school and enjoyed doing hair in her home for several years. Earla was a great seamstress who enjoyed sewing and mending for others and especially making clothes for her children. She enjoyed her family and took pleasure in knitting slippers every Christmas for her children, their spouses, and grandchildren. Her home was the gathering place for all the holidays and she was very organized and made them wonderful and welcoming. She loved to travel and had some great experiences with her husband and some of the family's cherished memories are trips taken together as adults. She loved life and loved her family. Earla was an active member of the LDS church and served several times as choir director and in various Relief Society Presidencies and many other callings. She was not a social extrovert, quite the opposite, quiet and soft spoken but always had a smile. In small one on one settings, she was easy to talk to and a delight as her visiting teachers can attest. She loved participating in musicals where she enjoyed singing and acting. She was an avid reader and enjoyed quiet time with a book. She is survived in death by her loving husband, a brother, Nathan Moss Wagstaff (Marilyn) of Bountiful, sons; Bruce Vernon (Jeannine), Riverton, Andrew Earl (Maren), Holladay, Ronald James (Helen), Oak City, and daughters; Analee Erickson Niemann Husk (Michael), Fresno, California and Kristi Kay Erickson Lawson Judd (David), Herriman, 24 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sons, Vernon W. and Michael Ray Erickson, and a granddaughter Angela Raysett Erickson. Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 9, 2015, 11:00 a.m. at the River Ridge 7th Ward, 10124 South 1300 West, South Jordan, Utah. A viewing will be held Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Jenkins-Soffe South Valley, 1007 W. South Jordan Parkway, South Jordan, Utah, and on Thursday from 10:00-10:45 a.m. at the church prior to the service. Interment Elysian Burial Gardens. Online condolences may be shared at www.jenkins-soffe.com Funeral Home: Jenkins-Soffe South Valley 1007 W. South Jordan Parkway South Jordan, UT USA 84095