Family: Albert M EKUM / Brita Eriksdatter (Bertha Malina) ØREN (F116)

• Male Albert M EKUM

  
  

  Birth	26 Nov 1882	Liberty Pole, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Death	4 Mar 1952	Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Burial	8 Mar 1952	Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Marriage	19 Dec 1911	Immanuel Lutheran Church, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Father	Thomas Monsen EIKUM (MUNSON) | F115 Group Sheet
  Mother	Susanna Clausdatter (Susan) BOWE | F115 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Brita Eriksdatter (Bertha Malina) ØREN

  
  

  Birth	21 Dec 1891	Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
  Death	11 Feb 1960	Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Burial		Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Father	Erik Pedersen NUNDAL | F3445 Group Sheet
  Mother	Malene Ovesdatter ØREN | F3445 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male Ernest Theodore EKUM

  
  

  Birth	30 Mar 1913	Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Death	24 Dec 1995	Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Burial	27 Dec 1995	Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Spouse	Dorothy Mae FISH | F393
  Marriage	16 Oct 1937	Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin

  
  

  Female Selma Margarite EKUM

  
  

  Birth	26 Mar 1915	Wisconsin
  Death	8 Mar 1923	Wisconsin
  Burial	10 Mar 1923	Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin

  
  

  Female Theresa Caroline EKUM

  
  

  Birth	16 May 1917	Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Death	16 Apr 1977	La Crosse County, Wisconsin
  Burial	19 Apr 1977	Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Spouse	Floyd Albert CLEMENTS | F360
  Marriage	14 Oct 1944	Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin

  
  

  Male Archie Bennett EKUM

  
  

  Birth	28 May 1919	Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Death	29 Oct 1981	Birmingham, England
  Burial
  Spouse	Margaret Irene WOOLOFF | F394
  Marriage	1944	Birmingham, England

  
  

  Male Walter Raymond (Wally) EKUM

  
  

  Birth	20 Sep 1921	Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Death	24 Jun 2004	Monroe, Green County, Wisconsin
  Burial		Greenwood Cemetery, Monroe, Green County, Wisconsin
  Spouse	Marjorie Lois SCHMID | F395
  Marriage	4 Jul 1948	Monroe, Green County, Wisconsin

  
  

  Female Dorothy Marie EKUM

  
  

  Birth	30 Oct 1925	Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Death	10 Jul 2020	Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Burial		Sugar Grove Cemetery, Clayton Twp, Crawford County, Wisconsin
  Spouse	Arland J MCKITTRICK | F383
  Marriage	30 Jun 1948	Vernon County, Wisconsin

  
  

  Female Selma Mae (Sally) EKUM

  
  

  Birth	2 Mar 1928	Mason City, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Death	13 Mar 2007	Onalaska, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
  Burial	17 Mar 2007	Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Spouse	Adrian Gerhard SHERRY | F384
  Marriage	4 Dec 1947	Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin

  
  

  Male Thomas Roy EKUM

  
  

  Birth	8 Jan 1930	Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Death	26 Oct 2015	Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas
  Burial		McPherson City Cemetery, McPherson, McPherson County, Kansas
  Spouse	Gwendolyn Osa (Gwynn) ROTH | F677
  Marriage	12 Nov 1950	McPherson, McPherson County, Kansas

  
  

• Photos		The Cozy Cabins Albert and Bertha ran a general store with tourist cabins called the cozy cabins at a location a few miles south of Viroqua. Their son, Ernest Ekum, in the Vernon County 150 years book, wrote: “In the year of 1920, Albert Ekum bought two acres of land from Mr. Ole B. Fortney to build a grocery store and living quarters combined. They moved to the store from Liberty Pole on October 31, 1920. Behind the store on the north side were hitching posts for the customers’ horses. They sold groceries and later added clothing such as jackets, shirts, gloves, shoes, etc. There was no electricity then so they used two aladdin lamps to light their store. For a time, they bought fresh cream from the farmers around for Swift & Co. who came and picked it up. Later, when people started buying cars and there were better roads, the Ekums tore the porch off the front and put in gasoline pumps. They also tore out the hitching posts and built a place to drain oil from cars. The Ekums then built a few tourist cabins which was a good business. In 1946, the Ekums sold their store to Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Olson of Madison and they then moved to the city of Viroqua. The store was then run by the Olsons until the roads got better and the people were shopping more elsewhere. Later the state road was rerouted from the store location and the Olsons closed their store and business.”
  		Albert Ekum Family Probably taken in the mid 1940s in front of Albert's general store in Mason City. It can't be later than 1946 because Ernest said that that's when Albert sold the store and moved to town. That's Dorothy and Theresa in the back row between their mother Bertha and their brothers. Sally is in the middle in the front row and Tom is on the right. Ernest is in the front row on the other side of Sally. Walter is on the right in the back row which would leave Archie as the one between Walter and Theresa. That may be Dorothy Fish Ekum with her son on the porch in the background.

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Date per obit in the Viroqua paper. They celebrated their 40th anniversary on December 16, 1951, with a reception at the Immanuel Lutheran Church.