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Had five children in the 1900 census.

BUNDY, Osten (Austin) O (I32055)

7622

Had her appendix removed in 1947 in a Portland hospital.

Graduated from high school in Nampa, Idaho, in 1953 and completed one year of nurse’s training at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland.

In the 1953 Caldwell, Idaho, city directory, she was a student living with her parents.

ELLINGBOE, Carol Joy (I19521)

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Had his appendix removed at a LaCrosse hospital in February of 1934.

Graduated from the Ole Torger School in 1935.

In the 1940 census, he was a senior in high school.

Graduated from Viroqua High School in 1940. Graduated from UW-Platteville in 1947.

In the 1943 Madison, Wisconsin, city directory, Walter is a “sub clerk” for the post office. He lives at 109 West Johnson.

In the 1950 census, he and Marjorie were living with her mother, Edna Schmid, in Monroe.

In a typed note to Cora from what appears to be December 11, 1965, Theresa Clements mentions that she and Floyd had spent Thanksgiving with Walter and family in Monroe. “They had just moved into a beautiful new home and it sure was nice -- our place looked pretty tacky when we got home.” Theresa and Sally and family (Floyd stayed home) also went to Walter’s for Thanksgiving in 1968.

Had an abstract office in Monroe. Lived in Monroe but wintered in Florida.

He resigned from his position as city engineer of Monroe on 31 Jan 1961 “to take over his newly-acquired abstract business.” He had been city engineer from 1951 to 1952 and was rehired in 1955 or 1956. In the intervening period he was a mining engineer with a company in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Licensed Land Surveyor in Wisconsin, #650. The license was first issued November 22, 1957, and expired on January 31, 2000.

Walter’s enlistment record:

Name:Walter R Ekum
Birth Year:1921
Race:White, citizen
Nativity State or Country:Wisconsin
State:Wisconsin
County or City:Vernon
Enlistment Date:8 Aug 1942
Enlistment State:Wisconsin
Enlistment City:Milwaukee
Branch:Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code:Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade:Private
Grade Code:Private
Term of Enlistment:Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component:Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source:Civil Life
Education:4 years of high school
Civil Occupation:Engineering Aide (Designated Field) or Sales Clerk
Marital Status:Single, without dependents
Height:66
Weight:131

Wally and Marjorie donated a 1.63 acre parcel in Monroe, located along 3rd Avenue north of the Moose Lodge, as a city park. The Ekum family also donated a 40’ diameter octagon shelter that was to be constructed in the park in the spring of 2006.

From the Monroe Times as published Saturday, June 26, 2004:

Walter Raymond Ekum, age 82 of Monroe, passed away on Thursday, June 24, 2004 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital.

Wally was born September 20, 1921, the son of Albert and Bertha Ekum, in Viroqua, WI. In 1941, after graduating from high school in Viroqua, WI, he served in the United States Army. Wally graduated from the school of Mining and Engineering in Platteville. He married Marjorie Schmid in 1948 at the Union Presbyterian Church in Monroe, WI. He was employed as an engineer in lead and copper mines in Wisconsin and the upper Michigan Peninsula. The family located in Monroe in the mid-fifties when Wally was employed as City Engineer. He then began his Abstract & Land Surveying Business known as W. R. Ekum Abstracts. In conjunction with his abstract and land surveying business, he served three terms as City Mayor. Wally served on numerous city, county and state committees and organizations.

Wally is survived by his wife, Marjorie; daughter, Nancy (Richard) Maliszewski; son, Eric (Anne) Ekum; four grandchildren, Ryan, Jeffrey, Nicholas and Elizabeth; a brother, Thomas (Gwynn) Ekum, of Kansas; sisters, Dorothy (Arland) McKittrick of Richland Center, and Sally (Adrian) Sherry, of Onalaska.

Wally's pride, dedication, and interest in the city of Monroe was never ending.

A celebration of Wally's life will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, June 27, 2004 at the Union Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Paul Ketterer, family member, of the United Methodist Church in Lake Mills, will be officiating. Relatives and friends may greet the family following the celebration of life at the Peppercorn Cafe. Memorials may be made to the Union Presbyterian Church of Monroe, or the Chicago Shriners Hospital for children. The Shriner-Hager-Gohlke Funeral Home is assisting the family.

He received a military burial at Greenwood Cemetery.

EKUM, Walter Raymond (Wally) (I549)

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Had knee surgery and quadruple bypass heart surgery in April of 2010.

Mrs. Daisy May Watson, age 93, born in Louisville, Kentucky, peacefully passed away Sunday evening, December 15, 2019, at The Little Hospice in Edina, MN. She was born December 17, 1925 and grew up in Grayson County, in the town of Leitchfield, KY, the daughter of the late Reverend Albert Craddock and Dora Sego-Craddock. Daisy was preceded in death by her husband of 25 years, John William Watson. John and Daisy were members of Southtown Baptist Church in Bloomington, MN and founding members of Crystal Lake Road Baptist Church in Burnsville, MN. She enjoyed gardening, crafts, cooking and spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Daisy is survived by three sons and two daughters-in-law, eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and one sister. She also leaves many other family members and friends who will sadly miss her.

CRADDOCK, Daisy M (I14894)

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Had one child.

Couldn’t find Lotta in the 1890 census offered by Arkion. In the 1886-1890 Household Examination, she was still living at home.

According to the clerical survey, left her parents’ home and moved to another home in Olsäter in 1892-1894 to become a maid.

Lotta wrote the letter to Klara that told of their mother’s death. At that time she lived in Munkfors.

She is in the death index as Lotta Maria Andersson.

ANDERSDOTTER, Lotta Maria (I152)

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Hæri

Birtha Hermundsdatter (I37936)

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Haeri

BOLSTAD, Metta Johannesdatter (I37867)

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Haeri, Luster

HAERI, Ellef Jørgensen (I37866)

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Haga

HAGA, Marta Johannesdatter (I18935)

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Haga

HAGA, Marta Johannesdatter (I18935)