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After father’s death, Malheur County family wants people to know COVID-19 is real
Updated Feb 06, 2021;
Posted Feb 06, 2021
Jerry Erstrom (center with hat) poses with his son Mike (left) and other family members. Ernstrom died Jan. 21 from the Covid virus.Photo courtesy of Niki Cutler
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By Pat Caldwell | The Enterprise
VALE – The nurse walked into the hospital room and then the chaplain came and they stood by as Niki Cutler kneeled next to her dad’s bed and held his hand and, as best she could, prepared for him to die.
His lungs destroyed by the COVID virus, Erstrom died quietly soon after.
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Jerry Erstrom, of Vale, was known as the weed man both locally and at the state level. Erstrom recently died, a victim of COVID-19, but will be remembered for his battle to control weeds â particularly in the rangeland, when he worked for the Bureau of Land Management and after he retired.
Gary Page, Malheur County weed inspector, said Erstrom along with former county commissioner John Bishop were instrumental in the re-organization of the Malheur County Weed Advisory Board in 1997. The pair lobbied the County Court to reestablish the advisory board which had lapsed for several decades, and Erstrom pushed for the creation of a county department.
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