The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 20 at Faith Lutheran Church, Dwight, with the Rev. Gordon Lee officiating.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19 at the Willow Creek Chapel (920 3rd Ave. N.) Wahpeton. There will also be visitation one hour before the service at the church on Friday.
 Erma Syverson, 90 Advertisement |
Erma was born Oct. 19, 1918, at Dwight, the daughter of Carl and Mabel (Erickson) Anderson. Erma attended school in Dwight, graduating from Wahpeton High School. She moved to Tacoma, Wash., during WWII for employment and was united in marriage to Ryland Syverson on July 11, 1942, in Tacoma. She returned to Dwight after Ryland was shipped overseas. After Ryland returned from the war, the couple lived in Dwight until 1949, when they moved to Ellendale, N.D., where Ryland received his teaching degree in Industrial Arts. They lived in Bottineau, N.D., before moving to Wahpeton in 1954 and back to Dwight in 1959. Ryland died Dec. 9, 1963. Erma was employed as head cook at Dwight School from 1964-1989. She always had enough prepared for the many students who came back for seconds. After the Dwight School was closed she worked on the kitchen staff at Wahpeton middle School unit 1994. In 1995 she started employment as a housekeeper at the Wahpeton Super 8 Motel where she was referred to as “True Grit” for her hard work ethics. She continued at the Super 8 until her retirement in July 2001. In 2005 she moved into the Northland Apartments in Wahpeton, where she has resided since.
Erma was a member of Faith Lutheran Church where she was active with the church ladies group. She was an avid crossword and jigsaw puzzle player and bowled into her 80s. She was a former officer and member of Richland County Historical Society and was known to tailgate at University of North Dakota football games with her son and his friends.
Erma is survived by: for four children, Ryland (Lavetta) Syverson, Grand Forks, N.D., Marilyn (Robert) Miller, Wahpeton, Lynn (Jean) Syverson, Gaithersburg, Md., Sheri (Martin) Garcia, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 11 grandchildren, Chad Syverson, Kiersten Panzer, Jenny Reinke, Sean Syverson, Bryon Syverson, Erica Syverson, Amy Syverson, Elise Garcia, Betsy Garcia, Tony Garcia, Teresa Garcia; three step-grandchildren, Jessica Taffe, Brandy Bjorem and Robert Miller; 12 great-grandchildren; and seven step-great-grandchildren; and her brother Earl Anderson, Wilsonville, Ore.
She was preceded in death by: her parents, Carl and Mabel; and her husband Ryland.
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