January 6, 2021
Gayle Johanna Erlandson Flanders Sept. 24, 1919 — Dec. 23, 2020 It is with deep sorrow that the family of Gayle Erlandson Flanders announces her passing Dec. 23, 2020. She was 101. A devoted wife and mother to five children, she was a born fighter. Her parents were first-generation Swedes, Sara Ellamine Erlandson, a schoolteacher, and Oscar August Erlandson, a homesteader, who made a life for his family in North Dakota. The youngest of five, Gayle had to elbow her way into the world. A bright...