Opal Iolene Eriksen

         Opal Iolene Eriksen 98 of South Sioux City passed away at her home on Thursday March 30, 2017.           A celebration of life service will be 10:30 A.M. Thursday at First Lutheran Church in South Sioux City with Rev. Douglas Dill and Rev. Stephen Niles officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Park Cemetery.           Visitation will be one hour prior to service Thursday at the Church. Becker – Hunt Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.           Iolene was born December 12, 1918 in Jackson, Nebraska the daughter of Ferdinand and Kathryn (Walch) Roost. She graduated from the catholic high school in Jackson then becoming a teacher, attending WIT in the summers for continuing education until getting married. She married Arthur “Bob” Eriksen May 28, 1941 in Hubbard, Nebraska.           Iolene spent her married years happily taking care of her husband on their farm in early married years then traveling with him moving all over the United States to wherever his union job sent them until 1993 when her husband died and she moved home from Casa Grande, Arizona and loved the rest of her life in South Sioux City, Nebraska. Iolene lived a very happy, healthy, fulfilling life.           Survivors include her son Gerald Eriksen of Leavenworth, WA., her grandson Jerry E. Eriksen and granddaughter-in- law Nicole Eriksen of South Sioux City, great grandson Jaryd C. Eriksen of South Sioux City, NE, and many nieces and nephews that she loved and cared about very much.           She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Bob on December 19, 1993 in Casa Grande, AZ, two brothers Charlie Roost and his wife Mary Lou, Ivan Roost and his wife Adella.           Pallbearers will be Ivan Roost, JR. Kevin Roost, Steve Roost, Craig Roost, Marc Roost and Patrick Owen.           The family expresses a special thank you to Hospice of Siouxland and askes that you please consider sending a memorial in Iolene’s name to them.