The Skamokawa Eagle-November 10, 1910 Mrs. Marcella Erickson, wife of Mr. Sven Erickson of Cathlamet, died last Saturday morning at her home in the Elochoman Valley of paralysis. The deceased was born in West Virginia and was 82 years old at the time of her death. She had been married to Mr. Erickson for 32 years and was the mother of 12 children, only four of which are now living. One son, Mr. Abram Reaves, of Astoria, and 1 daughter, Mrs. Daisy McBride of Portland, and four grandchildren, William and Alfred Lloyd of Skamokawa, and the Misses Hazel and Inez Read, of Portland, attended the funeral. Mrs. Erickson was a member of the Chinook Council of the Pocohontas, and the brothers of Quillis Tribe of Redmen of Cathlamet attended her funeral in a body. Marcella (Vance) Erickson Unknown Burial Location August 1828 - November 05, 1910 (As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)