Erickson Wedding

Wilbur "Bill" Adrian Erickson was born to Wilbur Albert Erickson (1908 - 1971) and Florence Katherine Slama (1914 - 1970. He had one brother. Bill Erickson married Norma (Kroetch) Erickson on September 20, 1953 in San Jose, California. Their reception was at the St. Claire hotel in San Jose. They remained married until Bill unexpectedly died. They never had any children.

Norma was adopted when she was 3 years old by the Dahlquist family but she always saw her sister and brothers. The siblings were close all of their lives.

Granville Moore Gillett of Snohomish, Snohomish County, Washington United States was born on May 5, 1924 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT, and died at age 83 years old on January 2, 2008 in Snohomish, Snohomish County, WA.

Frank Kroetch was one of four siblings and was born to Dorothy Elaine (Ferguson) Kroetch and Hollis "Joe" Joseph Kroetch. As far as I know (grandson), Frank and his brother & two sisters had a bit of a rough childhood, having been separated into different groups living with various family members. He was one of the youngest to serve on the USS Killen for the U.S Navy in World War II. In fact, he lived his entire life thinking he was the youngest crew mate on the ship (he lied about his age to serve in WW2), but found out in the late 1990's at a Killen shipmates reunion in San Francisco that one lad had him beat by a handful of days. He married Marian "Joyce" Benning and had two children Kathy Pinna and Pamela Marks. He later married Carol (Antonsen) Kroetch and they raised John Kroetch. He was a very smart man (with an IQ that tested between 165 and 185) and good looking - charismatic! He was a life-long entrepreneur starting numerous businesses in various industries after attending the University of Washington and graduating from San Jose State University. He lived in both California (where his daughters were born) and Washington (where he was born and died). Frank was never baptized (as far as his child Kathy knows) and has no burial site. He was cremated and his ashes distributed between his wife and two daughters. He was quite a human being and we all miss him every day.

Kathy has lived in San Jose California for the majority of her life, having spent a few years in various places in Washington State. She was married once to Leo Pinna and they had one child Daniel Joseph Pinna. Kathy worked on and off at the Valley Medical Center, as did her sister Pam Marks and mother Marian Joyce Benning, but has spent the majority of her career as a spiritual counselor and adviser for over 40 years having assisted thousands of individuals in their quest for realization. Kathy is cofounder and Content & Community Manager of AncientFaces.