Richard Erickson 65, of West Point died Friday April 24, 2009 at Bergen Mercy Hospital in Omaha. A Memorial gathering of family and friends will start at 2:00 pm. Wednesday at the Fallout Lounge in Lyons Nebraska. Stokely Funeral Home is in charge. Richard was born January 9, 1944 at Wall Lake, Iowa to LaVerne and Cornella Carroll Erickson. Richard worked as a machinist for Sioux Tools in Sioux City for 17 years, moving to West Point in 1992. He also worked for the West Point Dairy, Pender Automatic and Doerneman’s . Richard enjoyed hunting fishing and camping. He was a member of the Eagles Club and West Point Sportsman Club. Survivors include a daughter Amy (Matt) Dickson, life partner Judy Kramer and her family Tammy Kramer, and Jim (Julie) Kramer, sisters Judy (Michael) Schroeder, Brenda (LeRoy) Guffy, Ruth (Al) Preston, and Michele (Fred Oltrogge) Vavra, grandchildren Destiny, Tyler and William Dickson, Rianna , Ronald, and Leah Kramer. He is preceded in death by sons Shane and William.