They met while golfing, Dansel said, and midway through their round, Ericksen kicked off his Crocs to hit the ball barefoot, blasting Southern rock tunes from a speaker in his golf bag and quoting lines from the movie “Top Gun.” “Doug did it right, without failure,” Dansel said. “Doug Ericksen was the same man inside the room when no cameras were looking as he was when he was outside the room,” Dansel said. “I’ll miss Doug terribly.” Dansel spoke of his friend’s integrity. “When it came to policy, Doug was a walking encyclopedia,” Baumgartner said. “Clearly, he was in his element.” Baumgartner spoke by video from Britain, describing Ericksen as a strong conservative but a pragmatic legislator who would reach across the aisle for Democratic support on key bills. “I looked at Doug and he had a look of awe and wonder on his face,” Shockley said. Once, when Shockley and Ericksen were kayaking off the San Juan Islands, a pod of orcas began breaching near them, and one large orca swam right under their tiny boats. “The most exhilarating and terrifying moments of my life happened with Doug,” Shockley said. Shockley described Ericksen as an adventurer with a mischievous sense of humor. Speakers included Ericksen’s brothers Don and David, his good friend Dave Shockley, and former state Sens. Senate Republican Leader John Braun presented Ericksen’s wife Tasha Ericksen with a ceremonial Washington flag, representing his service to the state. Video screens played a selection of family photos showing Ericksen as a boy, hunting and fishing, playing high schools sports, kayaking and backpacking, traveling to the Pyramids and Stonehenge, and in Southeast Asia. A Veterans of Foreign Wars color guard opened the ceremony, solemnly carrying the U.S. Doug Ericksen represented the state’s 42nd District, which includes northern Bellingham neighborhoods, rural Whatcom County, and its smaller cities. His brown wooden casket was decorated with a bouquet of white roses and the church altar glimmered with dozens of white candles. Family members asked that no photos or private recordings be made of the service. Few mourners wore facemasks to prevent spread of the new coronavirus.
Ericksen represented the 42nd Legislative District that includes northern Bellingham and northern Whatcom County for more than two decades - from 1998-2010 in the state House and from 2010-2021 in the state Senate. “We hold on to the hope of Doug’s faith today,” Fishbook said. Grant Fishbook of Christ the King, who officiated over the service with about 250 family and friends attending. “He was someone who represented us all,” said the Rev. 17 after a five-week battle with COVID-19.
29, at Christ the King Community Church in Bellingham. Doug Ericksen was remembered as a devoted family man, a devout Christian and a dedicated legislator in a funeral service Wednesday, Dec. Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Services
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