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Clara MUNSON

Female 1893 - 1952  (59 years)


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  • Name Clara MUNSON 
    Birth May 1893  Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Vernon County Death Index V25, P19 As Clara Munson 
    Death 1 Jul 1952  Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Cora’s diary said July 3rd, probably the day Cora heard
    Burial Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 4NE3
    Notes 
    • Never married. Lived with her aunt Louise. Is shown in the 1920 census and the 1930 census and 1940 census as living with Louise and Martin in Viroqua.

      In the 1950 census, she is living in Viroqua with her aunt Louise. Also in the household is the Halvor Allness family.

      Her obit says that Clara died suddenly on “Tuesday morning” at a Madison hospital after a lingering illness. That would mean that Clara died on July 1st, the date on her Vernon County death record. The obit said that she had been in failing health for about a year.



      May have been the only one of her family to _not_ change her name to Ekum.

      Clara, Caroline, and Dorothy visited Cora at her Minnehaha Ave. home on July 17, 1944.

      Clara “and Mildred and kids” visited Cora on Minnehaha on July 18, 1947.



      According to the obit in the La Crosse newspaper, which had her age as 58, Clara Munson died at a Madison hospital after a lingering illness. “Since childhood she had made her home with an aunt, Mrs. Martin Larson. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Halvor Allness. The Rev. Alf Romstad officiates. Survivors include one brother, Martin Ekum, Viroqua, her aunt, and several cousins.”
    Person ID I163  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 27 May 2023 

    Father Thomas Monsen EIKUM (MUNSON),   b. 4 Sep 1850, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1905, Siskiyou County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Susanna Clausdatter (Susan) BOWE,   b. 18 Dec 1860, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1943, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 8 Mar 1880  Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Cora's and Clara's confirmation
    Cora's and Clara's confirmation
    1910, Viroqua Lutheran Church (later Good Shepherd). Cora, 14, is 2nd from the left in the second row. Cora's cousin, Clara Munson, 17, is second from the right in the back row.
    Hendricksons and Larsons
    Hendricksons and Larsons
    Apparently taken about 1913 when Charles would have been 56, Clara Munson 20, Sever 47, Arthur 5, Martha 41, Myrtle 3, Ada 3, and Louise 36. This would have been taken a little more than a year before Cora came to live with Martha and family for 3 months in late 1914. The backdrop appears to be of Minnehaha Falls so the picture was probably taken in Minneapolis.
    Rhoda Ekum and Clara Munson
    Rhoda Ekum and Clara Munson
    The original is a very small picture, a little larger than a 35 mm frame. Probably taken in the early 1920s when Rhoda was in her mid 20s and Clara, her sister, in her late 20s.
    Ekum children and Georgie
    Ekum children and Georgie
    Probably taken in about 1900, not long before Susan and the younger children moved to California. (Tom, Albert, and Caroline were already out there.) In 1900, Martin would have been 10, Clara would have been 7, Rhoda would have been 4, and Georgie, Martha's son, would have been 2. The original is a print mounted on brown board stock. The studio is Adlington of Viroqua, Wis. On the back Cora wrote across the top "Roada Martin E. Clara." At the bottom she wrote "Georgie."