Irving Theodore Fournier

   Another name for Irving was Erickson.

  Research Notes:

1. See notes under his mother

2. from the obit from wife, it appears that Irving continued with a career in the Military

3. [ 17 Jan 2012 - haven't found an obit, but from http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi; FOURNIER, Irving T; 85; Clay Co MN>Trinity NC; Wash DC Post (DC); 2000-6-23;

Obit for wife - Monnie Graves, 2009

- married Irving T Fournier in 1949
- During World War II she served in the Women's Army Air Corp and worked on the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, TN.
- they lived in Northern Virgina for 30 years, retired to Seymor TN and then moved to Trinty NC in 1985
- survived by daughters Linda Runyon (Larry) of Trinity, NC, and Mary Ellen Cole (Gordon) of Annandale, VA, and four grandchildren, Aaron, Joanna and Peter Cole and Mary Runyon.


4. US WW II Army Enlistment (ancestry.com)

- born in 1915, MN
- residence - Island Co, WA

[ 21 Oct 2012 ] ????

http://collectivesigh.blogspot.ca/2005_07_24_collectivesigh_archive.html

- not clear who is writing, but on this page there are some photos with one identifying Irving Fournier in the Philipines

BUT Monnie Graves Fournier died in Feb 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Sad news -

My mother (you know her as andante) passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, after a long fight with cancer.

I know she loved to read all of her daily blogs, so thank you all for being her friend in that respect.

- her daughter Mary (or Andantette as she called me)


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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Military Service: Master Sergeant, Corps of Engineers, US Army;, 8 Nov 1945, Island Co, Washington, United States.

Irving married Monnie Luvada Graves on 8 Jan 1949 in Ft Myer, Arlington Co, Virginia, United States ^1849,1850.^,1851 (Monnie Luvada Graves was born on 6 Oct 1914 in Sevier Co, Tennesse, United States and died on 7 Feb 2009 in Trinity, Randolph Co, North Carolina, United States ¹⁸⁵⁶.)