Albert M EKUM

1882 - 1952  (69 years)

• Name	Albert M EKUM
  Birth	26 Nov 1882	Liberty Pole, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Gender	Male
  Vernon County Death Index	V24, P559 As Albert M. Ekum
  Death	4 Mar 1952	Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  	Died at 2:30 PM according to Cora’s diary. Died suddenly at his home on South Washington Avenue according to La Crosse obit.
  Burial	8 Mar 1952	Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  	Rev. Borgen conducted the funeral according to one source, Rev. Peder Nordsletten according to another.
  Notes
  Person ID	I160	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas Monsen EIKUM (MUNSON),   b. 4 Sep 1850, Hafslo, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. 24 Nov 1905, Siskiyou County, California (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Susanna Clausdatter (Susan) BOWE,   b. 18 Dec 1860, Hafslo, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. 9 Aug 1943, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Brita Eriksdatter (Bertha Malina) ØREN,   b. 21 Dec 1891, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. 11 Feb 1960, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 68 years)
  Children	1. Theresa Caroline EKUM,   b. 16 May 1917, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 16 Apr 1977, La Crosse County, Wisconsin (Age 59 years)   2. Dorothy Marie EKUM,   b. 30 Oct 1925, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 10 Jul 2020, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 94 years)   3. Selma Mae (Sally) EKUM,   b. 2 Mar 1928, Mason City, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 13 Mar 2007, Onalaska, La Crosse County, Wisconsin (Age 79 years)   4. Ernest Theodore EKUM,   b. 30 Mar 1913, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 24 Dec 1995, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 82 years)   5. Archie Bennett EKUM,   b. 28 May 1919, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 29 Oct 1981, Birmingham, England (Age 62 years)   6. Walter Raymond (Wally) EKUM,   b. 20 Sep 1921, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 24 Jun 2004, Monroe, Green County, Wisconsin (Age 82 years)   7. Selma Margarite EKUM,   b. 26 Mar 1915, Wisconsin d. 8 Mar 1923, Wisconsin (Age 7 years)   8. Thomas Roy EKUM,   b. 8 Jan 1930, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 26 Oct 2015, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas (Age 85 years)
  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.
  Family ID	F116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Albert Ekum, late teens The small oval original is mounted on heavy brown paperboard. The studio imprint is Miller McCloud, Cal. On the back Cora first wrote in pencil "Albert Ekum." Over that she wrote in ink, "My Cousin Albert Ekum."
  		Martin and Albert Ekum Probably taken in the later years of the first decade of the 20th century after the Ekums had returned from California. Martin would have been in his late teens and Albert in his mid 20s. The original is an oval picture mounted on heavy paperboard. The studio is "Henry and Jasperson, Viroqua, Wis." On the back Cora wrote "My Cousins Albert & Martin Ekum."
  		Albert and Bertha Ekum, wedding This is from their wedding in December of 1911. Albert is 29 and Bertha two days short of turning 20. The original is about 4x6 and mounted on sturdy brown board stock and has the imprint Jasperson Viroqua Wis. with a space to the left of Jasperson indicating perhaps that the change in ownership from Henry and Jasperson was recent. On the back of the picture Cora wrote, "My Cousin Albert and Bertha." One of Albert's daughters confirms that this is their wedding picture with the comment, "Yes, she wore a black dress."
  		Albert Ekum