2011
                 
                 
                 
                 
            
       
       
       
       
       
       HOUSE MEMORIAL 11-1003
       
       BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Vaad,  Acree, Balmer, Barker,
       Baumgardner, Becker, Beezley, Bradford, Brown, Casso, Conti,
       Coram, Court, DelGrosso, Duran, Ferrandino, Fields, Fischer,
       Gardner B., Gardner D., Gerou, Hamner, Holbert, Hullinghorst,
       Jones, Joshi, Kagan, Kefalas, Kerr A., Kerr J., Labuda, Lee, Levy,
       Liston, Looper, Massey, McCann, McKinley, Miklosi, Murray,
       Nikkel, Pabon, Pace, Peniston, Priola, Ramirez, Riesberg, Ryden,
       Schafer S., Scott, Solano, Sonnenberg, Soper, Stephens, Summers,
       Swalm, Swerdfeger, Szabo, Todd, Tyler, Vigil, Waller, Williams A.,
       Wilson.
       
               MEMORIALIZING FORMER 
          REPRESENTATIVE DALE ERICKSON. 
       
            WHEREAS, Our respected former colleague, Dale Erling
       Erickson, a past member of the Colorado House of Representatives,
       departed this life on January 5, 2011, at the age of 83; and
       
            WHEREAS, Representative Erickson was born in 1927, in Duluth,
       Minnesota; and
       
            WHEREAS, After graduating from high school, Representative
       Erickson joined the United States Marines; and
       
            WHEREAS, Upon moving to Colorado, Representative Erickson
       became a businessman and took his first job working as a car salesman;
       and
       
            WHEREAS, Representative Erickson and his wife, Anita, owned
       the Arapahoe Valley Angus Ranch near Fort Lupton, and he owned the
       Littleton Glass Company until he retired in 2009; and
       
            
       
       
       
            WHEREAS, Representative Erickson served for only one term in
       the Colorado House of Representatives, from 1985 to 1986, and acquired
       the nickname of "Dr. No"; and
       
            WHEREAS, As a member of the Colorado House of
       Representatives, Representative Erickson served on the Local
       Government and State Affairs committees; and
       
            WHEREAS, Representative Erickson was a lifetime member of
       the John Birch Society and was known to favor a strict interpretation of
       the Constitution; and
       
            WHEREAS, It is fitting that we, the members of the House of
       Representatives of the Sixty-eighth General Assembly, pay tribute to the
       dedicated service of Representative Dale Erickson and express our deep
       regret and sorrow occasioned by his death; now, therefore,
       
            Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-eighth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
       
            That, in the death of Dale Erickson, the people of the state of
       Colorado have lost a dedicated public servant and that we, the members
       of the House of Representatives of the Sixty-eighth General Assembly,
       do hereby extend our deep and heartfelt sympathy to the members of his
       family and pay tribute to a man who served his state well and faithfully.
       
            Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Memorial be sent to
       Representative Erickson's wife, Anita Erickson; his sons, Tim, Gary, and
       Brett Erickson; and his daughters, Tracy and Dawn Erickson.
       
       
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       Marilyn Eddins                        Frank McNulty 
       CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE        SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                OF REPRESENTATIVES