Dorothy Mae FISH

1915 - 2003  (87 years)

• Name	Dorothy Mae FISH
  Birth	8 Nov 1915	Viroqua Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Gender	Female
  Social Security Number	395-14-1345 Issued In WI Before 1951
  Death	26 Oct 2003	Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Burial	29 Oct 2003	Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  	funeral through Immanuel Lutheran Church, Rev. Alice Hamm officiating
  Notes	In a letter to Cora in 1983, Dorothy says that she met Cora when she and Ernie took Ernie's folks to Minneapolis in 1939 or 1940 "when our oldest daughter was about a year old." She goes on to say, in recalling that event, that "they (Caroline and others) had a picnic supper out at a cabin at a lake. We got lost because Geo. forgot the way and we never had our meal until about 10 o'clock that night. We lived in Viroqua - Ernie was a bookeeper for an oil company then." [Cora describes, in her diary entry for July 27, 1941, a get-together at Lake Minnetonka "to see gang from Viroqua." Susanne would have been 3.] Dorothy Mae Ekum VIROQUA, Wis. - Dorothy Mae Ekum, 87, of Norseland Nursing Home in Westby, Wis., and formerly of Viroqua died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003, at Vernon Memorial Hospital in Viroqua. Dorothy was born in Vernon County to Harvey and Erma (Osborn) Fish on Nov. 8, 1915. On Oct. 16, 1937, she married Ernest Ekum. They farmed in the town of Franklin from 1941 until 1990 when they moved to Viroqua. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church for more than 60 years. Dorothy is survived by a daughter, Susanne Wedwick of Westby; a son, Leland (Lynn) Ekum of Viroqua; four grandchildren, Brad (Annette) Wedwick and Craig (Roxy) Wedwick all of Westby, Lance (Lora) Ekum of Wales, Wis., and Amy (Brian) Weaver of Winona, Minn.; seven great-grandchildren, Justin Wedwick, Abbey Wedwick, Jakob, Rebekah and Cameron Ekum and Ethan and Erik Weaver; two sisters, Agnes (Martin) Morkrid of Viroqua and Rae Hope (Bill) Pace of Clinton; two brothers, Clinton Fish of Viroqua and Dale (Mary) Fish of La Farge, Wis. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest on Dec. 24, 1995; one daughter, Trudy Ekum in 1982; two grandchildren, Kurt Wedwick in 1996 and Brian Ekum in 1967; one brother, Norman Fish; and two sisters, Merle Primmer and Fern Morkrid. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Viroqua. The Rev. Alice Hamm will officiate, with burial in the Viroqua Cemetery. Friends may call at Larson Funeral Home in Viroqua on Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m., and at the church on Wednesday after 10 a.m. Dorothy’s obit in the Winona Daily News: Dorothy Mae Ekum Dorothy Mae Ekum, age 87 of the Norseland Nursing Home in Westby and formerly of Viroqua, died Sunday, October 26, 2003 at Vernon Memorial Hospital in Viroqua. Dorothy was born in Vernon County to Harvey and Erma (Osborn) Fish on November 8, 1915. On October 16, 1937 she married Ernest Ekum. They farmed in Franklin Township from 1941 until 1990 when they moved to Viroqua. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church for over 60 years. Dorothy is survived by a daughter, Susanne Wedwick of Westby; a son, Leland (Lynn) Ekum of Viroqua; four grandchildren, Brad (Annette) Wedwick and Craig (Roxy) Wedwick, all of Westby, Lance (Lora) Ekum of Wales, Wisconsin and Amy (Brian) Weaver of Winona, Minnesota; seven great-grandchildren, Justin Wedwick, Abbey Wedwick, Jakob, Rebekah and Cameron Ekum and Ethan and Erik Weaver; two sisters, Agnes (Martin) Morkrid of Viroqua and Rae Hope (Bill) Pace of Clinton; two brothers, Clinton Fish of Viroqua and Dale (Mary) Fish of La Farge. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest on December 24, 1995; a daughter, Trudy Ekum in 1982; two grandchildren, Kurt Wedwick in 1996 and Brian Ekum in 1967; a brother Norman Fish; and two sisters, Merle Primmer and Fern Morkrid. Funeral services were held Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Viroqua. The Rev. Alice Hamm officiated with burial in the Viroqua Cemetery. Friends called at the Larson Funeral Home in Viroqua Tuesday evening and at the church on Wednesday before the time of the services. In her March 3, 1983, letter to Cora, Dorothy Fish Ekum describes the spring house. "You mentioned about the 'spring' down on the farm. They have built that house up in the ravine behind the spring house. I knew about the other spring, too, as the old road still shows in some places. It is so pretty along the old road in the spring when the leaves on the trees first come out. " In a March 25, 1986, letter to Cora, Dorothy writes: "I don't know if I told you before but they have built another house in the ravine back of the spring. It's practically in the woods. It was for Mrs. Ottoson's dad. He passed away a short while ago and now they rent the house. This in on your home place Cora.” Dorothy was apparently associated with the Vernon Memorial Hospital, perhaps as a member of the Auxiliary. She was the donor of many memorial donations and she was the memorialized subject of many donations.
  Person ID	I860	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Harvey Herb FISH,   b. 16 Aug 1886, Liberty Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 12 Dec 1978, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Erma Furl OSBORN,   b. 18 Apr 1895, Kickapoo Center, Kickapoo Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 10 Oct 1971, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	30 Jul 1910	Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F1007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ernest Theodore EKUM,   b. 30 Mar 1913, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 24 Dec 1995, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 82 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