Passed away peacefully on January 6, 2025 to be with the Lord and the Angels at the age of 91. She joined her beloved husband Carl Raymond Erkander. Her parents Raymond W. and Kathryn R. (nee Dozark) Brinn, brother Raymond C. (Elizabeth “Betty”) Brinn, grandson Daniel Meier, and brother-in-law Mo (Ruth) Wickstrom and sister-in-law Charlotte Springer.
Beloved mother of Diana L. Erkander of Milwaukee, WI, Theresa A. Farina (Bryan Pflughoeft) of Tony, WI, Carl D. Erkander of Tony, WI, Eric J. (Lee Ann) Erkander of Watertown, WI, Timothy P. (Joanie) Erkander of Sullivan, WI, and Brian S. (Lori) Erkander of Milwaukee, WI. She is further survived by 15 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren, her brother John D. (Marlene) Brinn, sister-in-laws Charlotte Brinn and Ella Mae Lerz, and brother-in-law Ralph Lerz.
Visitation at Krause Funeral Home, 12401 West National Avenue, New Berlin, Wisconsin on Sunday, January 19, 2025 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Therese Catholic Church, 9525 West Bluemound Road, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, on Monday, January 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM. Burial to follow at Wisconsin Memorial Park.
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