Marian Erickson entered into eternal life on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital with her family at her bedside. She fought a courageous battle against cancer for the past year.<\/p>\n
She was predeceased by her parents, Rudolph and Alice Bassman of Bergenfield and her mother-in-law Doris Erickson of Little Egg Harbor, NJ.<\/p>\n
Marian was a 1974 graduate of Bergenfield High School and also from Bergen Community College with a degree in nursing. She was the director of nursing at Care One at Valley in Westwood.<\/p>\n
Marian was a loving and devoted wife, mother, sister and aunt. She was a wonderful friend and mentor to many of her co-workers and staff at Care One. Marian enjoyed vacationing at the beach and cruising to the Caribbean.<\/p>\n
She is survived by her loving husband of 35 years, Kenneth of Haworth; her son Michael and his wife Casey of Woodland Park; her daughter Dana and her fianc\u00e9 Kevin Clifford of Staten Island; and her daughter Jenna of Haworth. Dearest sister of four brothers, Alan and his wife Mary Chris of Mahwah; Bruce and his wife Susan of Allentown, NJ; Rudy and his wife Donna of Somerset; and Robert and his wife Leslee of Autin, TX. Also survived by many nieces, nephews, and cousins.<\/p>\n
She will be sadly missed by her husband\u2019s loving family, Linda and William Brousseau of Palm City, FL; her sister-in-law, who was also her best friend, Patricia and her husband William Michaelsen of Little Egg Harbor; as well as her father-in-law, Ken Erickson, Sr. of Nettles Island, FL.<\/p>\n
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday 10:00 AM at St. John Evangelist RC Church, Bergenfield with interment to follow at George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.\u00a0 Visiting hours are Friday 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Anthony R. Pizzi Funeral, 120 Paris Ave, Northvale.<\/p>\n