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Margaret Yeomans Erickson, age 93, widow of Stirling C. Erickson, a resident of Albuquerque since 1958, passed away at Karrington Assisted Living St. Francis Place on February 10, 2000. Mrs. Erickson was employed at Kirtland Air Force Base and then transferred to the Naval Weapons Evaluation Facility. She retired in 1976 as the facility editor. Mrs. Erickson, the daughter of Addie Everett and William Moody Yeomans was born in Hancock, New York in 1906 and shortly thereafter moved to Philadelphia, PA. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1928. After graduation, she worked as a teacher for one and a half years in the Philadelphia Public School System. She was then employed in the editorial department of Westminister Press. Her next position as an advertising copywriter for the Macmillian Publishing Company in New York City. After her husbands service in the US Army during WWII, they made their home in Denver, CO, where she was employed as the advertising manager of the Kistler Stationery Co. Mr. Erickson started government service in 1943 in Washington D.C. In the ensuing years she worked at various bases in Virginia, Texas, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Maryland and completed her government career in New Mexico. Mrs. Erickson was instrumental in founding the local Macular Degeneration Support Group in Albuquerque. She is survived by her nephews, Paul H. Yeomans of Philadelphia, Robert B. Yeomans of Savanna, Georgia and niece Romilly Liloia of Pompton Plain, NJ and their families. A Funeral Service will be held Tuesday, February 15, 2000 at 10:00 a.m. in the Fern Chapel of Strong-Thorne Mortuary, 1100 Coal Ave SE, with Larry Pierson officiating. Interment will follow in Santa Fe National Cemetery at 12:00 p.m. Strong-Thorne Mortuary, 1100 Coal Ave SE, in charge or arrangements.
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