Mary J. Erb

February 17, 1936 - September 12, 2020

Mary J. Erb, 84 of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, died September 12, 2020 at Siloam Springs Regional Hospital. She was born February 17, 1936 in Sioux County, Iowa to Louis and Erna Niehaus. She graduated from the Slayton High School in Slayton, Minnesota and married Gerald Erickson. She later married Alfred Krueger and they lived in Park Rapids, Minnesota where she worked in a nursing home. She later married Paul Ray Erb and they moved to Northwest Arkansas and raised cattle. They traveled and settled in Grove, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her parents, her three husbands, one son, one step daughter, two grandchildren and one great grandson. Survivors include her children Jerry, Terry and Wayne Erickson of Avoca, Minnesota, Lila Horner and husband Todd of Helena, Montana and Arlys Jacobson of Humansville, Missouri; step children Diane Erb and husband Steven of Duluth, Minnesota, Paul Erb and wife Sue of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, Rozanne Erb of Wolf Lake, Minnesota, Sheila White and husband David of Duluth, Minnesota, and Theresa Henderson and husband Wayne of Park Rapids, Minnesota; sister Carolyn Slocum of Avoca, Minnesota and brother John Niehaus of Cloverdale, California; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 17, 2020 at Old Olympus Cemetery, Grove, Oklahoma.