1893 - 1952 (59 years)
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Name |
Clara MUNSON |
Birth |
May 1893 |
Wisconsin |
Gender |
Female |
Vernon County Death Index |
V25, P19 As Clara Munson |
Death |
1 Jul 1952 |
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin |
- Cora’s diary said July 3rd, probably the day Cora heard
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Burial |
Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin |
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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.”
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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 d. 24 Nov 1905, Siskiyou County, California (Age 55 years) |
Mother |
Susanna Clausdatter (Susan) BOWE, b. 18 Dec 1860, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. 9 Aug 1943, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 82 years) |
Marriage |
8 Mar 1880 |
Vernon County, Wisconsin |
Family ID |
F115 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Photos
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| 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 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 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 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." |
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