Ernest Theodore EKUM

1913 - 1995  (82 years)

• Name	Ernest Theodore EKUM
  Birth	30 Mar 1913	Vernon County, Wisconsin
  	date confirmed in SSDI
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Bookkeeper, town clerk, farmer
  Social Security Number	393-10-1662 issued in Wisconsin before 1951
  Death	24 Dec 1995	Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  	date confirmed in SSDI
  Burial	27 Dec 1995	Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  	funeral at Immanuel Lutheran Church
  Notes	Graduated from Ole Torger School in 1927. His wife’s obit said that she and Ernest farmed in the town of Franklin from 1941 until 1990 when they moved to Viroqua. According to Dorothy Fish Ekum's letter of March, 1983, Ernie, Susanne, and one of Susanne's sons visited Norway and the relatives "five years ago." In her Christmas card of 1986, Dorothy Fish Ekum tells Cora that Ernest intended to retire from his town clerk job, "and 25 years of aggravation," in the spring of 1987. Ernest’s obit said that he was a bookkeeper for the Wadhams Oil Co. for 7 years, Clerk for the Town of Franklin for 25 years, a member of ASCS board for 15 years, treasurer for the Ole Torger School Board, a member of the church council at Immanuel Lutheran Church, and a member of the Viroqua Eagles Club. Not listed in the 1930 census. Was not listed with Albert’s household. Ernie and Dorothy’s address in the country was Rt. #4, Viroqua 54665. The 1948 Vernon County plat book shows that Ernest owned 160 acres in Section 27: three of the four quarters of the SW corner (Carl owned the SE quarter of that corner) and the SW corner of the NW corner. In the 1950 census, he and his family lived a couple of farms away from the Carl Nundahl farm in Franklin Twp, Vernon County.
  Person ID	I547	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	6 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Albert M EKUM,   b. 26 Nov 1882, Liberty Pole, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 4 Mar 1952, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Brita Eriksdatter (Bertha Malina) ØREN,   b. 21 Dec 1891, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. 11 Feb 1960, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	19 Dec 1911	Immanuel Lutheran Church, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Mae FISH,   b. 8 Nov 1915, Viroqua Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 26 Oct 2003, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	16 Oct 1937	Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  	“Saturday afternoon at the Methodist circuit parsonage.”
  Children	1. Trudy Lynn EKUM,   b. 22 Jul 1954, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 16 Mar 1982, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 27 years)
  Family ID	F393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2012