SUSAN A.  (ODLE)  ERICKSON , 70, of Urbandale, Iowa, formerly of Cherokee and Cleghorn, Iowa, passed away Thursday morning, February 14, 2019 in the Unity Point Health-Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.

Memorial services will be held on Friday, February 22 ^nd , at 10:30 a.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Jean Morse will officiate. Burial will be in the Meriden Cemetery at Meriden, Iowa at a later date. Visitation with the family present will be on Friday morning from 9:30 a.m. until service time at the church. The Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa is assisting the family with the arrangements. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com

Susan was born April 18, 1948 at Ponca, Nebraska to Clete & Bernice (Lindgren) Odle. She was baptized on August 21, 1949 in the Lutheran Church and confirmed on June 6, 1962. She graduated from Meriden-Cleghorn High School in 1966. She had worked for the First Trust and savings Bank in Cleghorn from 1977 until her retirement on December 31, 2017.

Susan enjoyed reading, baking (especially chocolate chip cookies and banana bread), spending time with her grandchildren and enjoying their activities, and her dogs.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents and her father Clete Odle in 2013.

She is survived by her two children: Dan (Julie) Erickson of Des Moines, Iowa; Dr. Holly (Neal) Galles of Dodge Center, Minnesota; three grandchildren: Mitch Galles, Brad Galles, and Terry (Kathy) Erickson; one great granddaughter: Angel Erickson; her mother: Bernice Odle of Cherokee, Iowa; one sister: Lynde (Gary) Lundquist of Cherokee, Iowa; nieces and nephews: Jeff (Lisa) Lundquist and their children Amber and Brady; David (Grace) Lundquist and their children Josh and Jenny; Cheryl (Jared) Hertzke and their children Shayla, Jessie, and Katie.