Beatrice Jeannette (Wickstrom) Erickson, 82, of Beresford, died Saturday July 19, 2008 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital, Viborg. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at Brooklyn Evangelical Free Church, rural Beresford . Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. with family present from 7-8 p.m. Monday, July 21, 2008, at Wass Funeral Home, Beresford. Beatrice was born February 1, 1926, to Alfred and JoHannah (Sundstrom) Wickstrom on the family farm, three miles west of Beresford. Beatrice was later joined by two siblings, Joann and John. She attended Brooklyn Rural School until the eighth grade and then graduated from Beresford High School in 1944. She attended Sioux Falls College where she earned a bookkeeping degree. She then worked as a bookkeeper at the Beresford Coop. On September 25, 1956, she married Engolf Erickson. The couple lived and farmed on the family farm west of Beresford. Bea and Eng raised three daughters: Kathleen Kathy, Jan and Mary. After her children were grown, Beatrice worked as a cook at Macs Caf and Bethesda Nursing Home. Beatrice became a resident of Bethesda Nursing Home in 2006. Beatrice attended Brooklyn Evangelical Free Church, rural Beresford, where she was active in the White Cross. She enjoyed spending time with her family, embroidery, cooking, collecting recipes and tracking the weather. Beatrice was a soft-spoken and loving mom, grandma, great-grandma and aunt. Beatrice is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Jan Erickson of Beresford and Mary and John Boden of Springfield; her granddaughters: Tera (Ben) Schmidt of Yankton and Amanda (Jimmy Humpal) Boden of Tyndall; her great-grandchildren: Kyle, Mary, Ella and John Schmidt, all of Yankton; her nieces and nephews: Kristy Morris, Marc Landeen, Nils Wickstrom and Daniel Wickstrom and their families; her sister-in-law, Celene Wickstrom of Sioux Falls; and many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Eng in December of 1985; her daughter, Kathy in August 1989; her brother, John; and her sister, Joann; and her nephew, Bruce Wickstrom.