Ethel was the daughter of Charles Franklin Cail and Edna Mae Smith. She married Edgar "Ed" Erlandson on the 7th of December 1920 in Coeur d' Alene, Kootenai, Idaho.
Spokane Daily Chronicle, April 16, 1973
"Erlandson, Ethel M., - Passed away April 15, in Spokane. Her home, N4204 Maple St. She is survived by her husband, Ed C. Erlandson at the home; mother of Evan Erlandson, Spokane, Wash. And Jack Erlandson of Bellevue, Wash. She is also survived by 2 grandsons; 2 great-grandchildren; sister of Mrs. Naomi Moore of Newman Lake; Kenneth Cail of Newman Lake, and Virgil Sparks of Spokane; several nieces & nephews.
A member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Ensign John R. Monoghan Post No. 51 VFW. Funeral services Wed., April 18 at 3 p.m.
in the Alwin Chapel of the Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home, N1306 Monroe St. The Elder Wayne Winter[s] officiating. Private burial services Riverside Memorial Park."
Ethel Mildred Cail Erlandson (my mother) by Evan D. Erlandson
"Ethel was born in 1905, in Minnesota. It's a wonder she survived, being born at home weighing something less than two pounds, very premature. She was bedded down in a shoe box kept near the stove. Her mother's wedding ring could be slipped all the way up to Ethel's shoulder, and a silver dollar covered every feature of her face. But she made it!
Her parents moved with her and siblings to Washington when she was small, and were itinerant farm and orchard workers. She got only a grade school education, and, having met Ed because she lived very near the fire station where he worked, married him on Dec. 7, 1920, when she was only 15 years old.
She had her first of 2 children (me) when she was just a month past 17, and her second son, Jack, when she was nineteen. She was 5' 4", 125 lbs., average-looking, but had many wonderful attributes. She was kind, compassionate, very considerate of others, totally frank and honest, without guile of any kind. She was totally open - anything which came into her mind might come out of her mouth unedited, a trait which got her into trouble once in a while. All of her life, she gave of herself voluntarily, to help ease the problems of others. In many ways a true Christian who never went to church.
She had a special musical talent. As a small girl, she somehow got to take a few (maybe 4 or 5) lessons on the piano. But she really didn't need them, bedcause she seemed to have been born already knowing how to play. To the best of my knowledge, she had no piano available in her life until 1927, when Ed bought her one, on time. And she was off and running. She could read music very little, but could play any popular song by ear, in her choice of several keys, after having heard it once or twice. She had a style all her own---not too creative but everything was right, no mismatched chords, no break in rythm. Yes, she really could "tickle those ivories".
Ethel worked for wages quite a lot during her lifetime. All through the 1930's she played piano for the ongoing classes at several dancing schools, and part of her pay was free tap dancing lessons for Jack and me, and we became for 10 years a popular local juvenile song and dance team, performing several times a week on various stages, at numerous civic functions, on radio, with touring vaudeville troupes, etc., etc. Ethel was a joiner, an extrovert, an outgoing, loving, and lovable person.
In April of 1973 she had a heart attack and was hospitalized. She seemed to be recovering quickly, but on April 15, while still in the hospital she had another heart attack, a fatal one. It happened on the opening day of fishing season. She was an ardent and expert fisherman, and had bought a lot of new gear for the approaching season. She never got to use it."
Spokane Daily Chronicle, April 16, 1973
"Erlandson, Ethel M., - Passed away April 15, in Spokane. Her home, N4204 Maple St. She is survived by her husband, Ed C. Erlandson at the home; mother of Evan Erlandson, Spokane, Wash. And Jack Erlandson of Bellevue, Wash. She is also survived by 2 grandsons; 2 great-grandchildren; sister of Mrs. Naomi Moore of Newman Lake; Kenneth Cail of Newman Lake, and Virgil Sparks of Spokane; several nieces & nephews.
A member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Ensign John R. Monoghan Post No. 51 VFW. Funeral services Wed., April 18 at 3 p.m.
in the Alwin Chapel of the Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home, N1306 Monroe St. The Elder Wayne Winter[s] officiating. Private burial services Riverside Memorial Park."
Ethel Mildred Cail Erlandson (my mother) by Evan D. Erlandson
"Ethel was born in 1905, in Minnesota. It's a wonder she survived, being born at home weighing something less than two pounds, very premature. She was bedded down in a shoe box kept near the stove. Her mother's wedding ring could be slipped all the way up to Ethel's shoulder, and a silver dollar covered every feature of her face. But she made it!
Her parents moved with her and siblings to Washington when she was small, and were itinerant farm and orchard workers. She got only a grade school education, and, having met Ed because she lived very near the fire station where he worked, married him on Dec. 7, 1920, when she was only 15 years old.
She had her first of 2 children (me) when she was just a month past 17, and her second son, Jack, when she was nineteen. She was 5' 4", 125 lbs., average-looking, but had many wonderful attributes. She was kind, compassionate, very considerate of others, totally frank and honest, without guile of any kind. She was totally open - anything which came into her mind might come out of her mouth unedited, a trait which got her into trouble once in a while. All of her life, she gave of herself voluntarily, to help ease the problems of others. In many ways a true Christian who never went to church.
She had a special musical talent. As a small girl, she somehow got to take a few (maybe 4 or 5) lessons on the piano. But she really didn't need them, bedcause she seemed to have been born already knowing how to play. To the best of my knowledge, she had no piano available in her life until 1927, when Ed bought her one, on time. And she was off and running. She could read music very little, but could play any popular song by ear, in her choice of several keys, after having heard it once or twice. She had a style all her own---not too creative but everything was right, no mismatched chords, no break in rythm. Yes, she really could "tickle those ivories".
Ethel worked for wages quite a lot during her lifetime. All through the 1930's she played piano for the ongoing classes at several dancing schools, and part of her pay was free tap dancing lessons for Jack and me, and we became for 10 years a popular local juvenile song and dance team, performing several times a week on various stages, at numerous civic functions, on radio, with touring vaudeville troupes, etc., etc. Ethel was a joiner, an extrovert, an outgoing, loving, and lovable person.
In April of 1973 she had a heart attack and was hospitalized. She seemed to be recovering quickly, but on April 15, while still in the hospital she had another heart attack, a fatal one. It happened on the opening day of fishing season. She was an ardent and expert fisherman, and had bought a lot of new gear for the approaching season. She never got to use it."
Ethel was the daughter of Charles Franklin Cail and Edna Mae Smith. She married Edgar "Ed" Erlandson on the 7th of December 1920 in Coeur d' Alene, Kootenai, Idaho.
Spokane Daily Chronicle, April 16, 1973
"Erlandson, Ethel M., - Passed away April 15, in Spokane. Her home, N4204 Maple St. She is survived by her husband, Ed C. Erlandson at the home; mother of Evan Erlandson, Spokane, Wash. And Jack Erlandson of Bellevue, Wash. She is also survived by 2 grandsons; 2 great-grandchildren; sister of Mrs. Naomi Moore of Newman Lake; Kenneth Cail of Newman Lake, and Virgil Sparks of Spokane; several nieces & nephews.
A member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Ensign John R. Monoghan Post No. 51 VFW. Funeral services Wed., April 18 at 3 p.m.
in the Alwin Chapel of the Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home, N1306 Monroe St. The Elder Wayne Winter[s] officiating. Private burial services Riverside Memorial Park."
Ethel Mildred Cail Erlandson (my mother) by Evan D. Erlandson
"Ethel was born in 1905, in Minnesota. It's a wonder she survived, being born at home weighing something less than two pounds, very premature. She was bedded down in a shoe box kept near the stove. Her mother's wedding ring could be slipped all the way up to Ethel's shoulder, and a silver dollar covered every feature of her face. But she made it!
Her parents moved with her and siblings to Washington when she was small, and were itinerant farm and orchard workers. She got only a grade school education, and, having met Ed because she lived very near the fire station where he worked, married him on Dec. 7, 1920, when she was only 15 years old.
She had her first of 2 children (me) when she was just a month past 17, and her second son, Jack, when she was nineteen. She was 5' 4", 125 lbs., average-looking, but had many wonderful attributes. She was kind, compassionate, very considerate of others, totally frank and honest, without guile of any kind. She was totally open - anything which came into her mind might come out of her mouth unedited, a trait which got her into trouble once in a while. All of her life, she gave of herself voluntarily, to help ease the problems of others. In many ways a true Christian who never went to church.
She had a special musical talent. As a small girl, she somehow got to take a few (maybe 4 or 5) lessons on the piano. But she really didn't need them, bedcause she seemed to have been born already knowing how to play. To the best of my knowledge, she had no piano available in her life until 1927, when Ed bought her one, on time. And she was off and running. She could read music very little, but could play any popular song by ear, in her choice of several keys, after having heard it once or twice. She had a style all her own---not too creative but everything was right, no mismatched chords, no break in rythm. Yes, she really could "tickle those ivories".
Ethel worked for wages quite a lot during her lifetime. All through the 1930's she played piano for the ongoing classes at several dancing schools, and part of her pay was free tap dancing lessons for Jack and me, and we became for 10 years a popular local juvenile song and dance team, performing several times a week on various stages, at numerous civic functions, on radio, with touring vaudeville troupes, etc., etc. Ethel was a joiner, an extrovert, an outgoing, loving, and lovable person.
In April of 1973 she had a heart attack and was hospitalized. She seemed to be recovering quickly, but on April 15, while still in the hospital she had another heart attack, a fatal one. It happened on the opening day of fishing season. She was an ardent and expert fisherman, and had bought a lot of new gear for the approaching season. She never got to use it."
Spokane Daily Chronicle, April 16, 1973
"Erlandson, Ethel M., - Passed away April 15, in Spokane. Her home, N4204 Maple St. She is survived by her husband, Ed C. Erlandson at the home; mother of Evan Erlandson, Spokane, Wash. And Jack Erlandson of Bellevue, Wash. She is also survived by 2 grandsons; 2 great-grandchildren; sister of Mrs. Naomi Moore of Newman Lake; Kenneth Cail of Newman Lake, and Virgil Sparks of Spokane; several nieces & nephews.
A member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Ensign John R. Monoghan Post No. 51 VFW. Funeral services Wed., April 18 at 3 p.m.
in the Alwin Chapel of the Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home, N1306 Monroe St. The Elder Wayne Winter[s] officiating. Private burial services Riverside Memorial Park."
Ethel Mildred Cail Erlandson (my mother) by Evan D. Erlandson
"Ethel was born in 1905, in Minnesota. It's a wonder she survived, being born at home weighing something less than two pounds, very premature. She was bedded down in a shoe box kept near the stove. Her mother's wedding ring could be slipped all the way up to Ethel's shoulder, and a silver dollar covered every feature of her face. But she made it!
Her parents moved with her and siblings to Washington when she was small, and were itinerant farm and orchard workers. She got only a grade school education, and, having met Ed because she lived very near the fire station where he worked, married him on Dec. 7, 1920, when she was only 15 years old.
She had her first of 2 children (me) when she was just a month past 17, and her second son, Jack, when she was nineteen. She was 5' 4", 125 lbs., average-looking, but had many wonderful attributes. She was kind, compassionate, very considerate of others, totally frank and honest, without guile of any kind. She was totally open - anything which came into her mind might come out of her mouth unedited, a trait which got her into trouble once in a while. All of her life, she gave of herself voluntarily, to help ease the problems of others. In many ways a true Christian who never went to church.
She had a special musical talent. As a small girl, she somehow got to take a few (maybe 4 or 5) lessons on the piano. But she really didn't need them, bedcause she seemed to have been born already knowing how to play. To the best of my knowledge, she had no piano available in her life until 1927, when Ed bought her one, on time. And she was off and running. She could read music very little, but could play any popular song by ear, in her choice of several keys, after having heard it once or twice. She had a style all her own---not too creative but everything was right, no mismatched chords, no break in rythm. Yes, she really could "tickle those ivories".
Ethel worked for wages quite a lot during her lifetime. All through the 1930's she played piano for the ongoing classes at several dancing schools, and part of her pay was free tap dancing lessons for Jack and me, and we became for 10 years a popular local juvenile song and dance team, performing several times a week on various stages, at numerous civic functions, on radio, with touring vaudeville troupes, etc., etc. Ethel was a joiner, an extrovert, an outgoing, loving, and lovable person.
In April of 1973 she had a heart attack and was hospitalized. She seemed to be recovering quickly, but on April 15, while still in the hospital she had another heart attack, a fatal one. It happened on the opening day of fishing season. She was an ardent and expert fisherman, and had bought a lot of new gear for the approaching season. She never got to use it."
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