Elisbeth Larsdatter Ekern

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MRS. ELIZABETH EKERN (OIER, BUDBRANDSDALEN)
Elizabeth Grimsrud Ekern died at Madison, Wisconsin, April 28, 1924. She was born in Oier, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway, May 31, 1947. At the age of ten she came with her parents, Lars and Elizabeth Grimsrud, to Vernon county, Wisconsin. On her marriage to Even Ekern in 1872 they settled in a farm in the town of Pigeon, Trempealau County, Wisconsin. In 1887 they moved to Whitehall, and 1896 to Superior, and in 1905 to Madison, Wisconsin. Mr. Ekern died June 8, 1920. They had eight children. One died in infancy. The youngest, Ruth Ekern Swan died at Seattle, Washington, in 1911. The children surviving are Herman L. Ekern, Mrs. Fred W. (Lena) Hemminghaus and Mrs. Alice O Rood, of Madison; Lawrence M. Ekern of Pasadena, California; Emil A. Ekern of Boston, Massachusetts, and Mrs. George D. (Helen) Swan of Kyoto, Japan. Mrs. Ekern was the youngest and last surviving of a large family of brothers and sisters. She was a member of the Bethel Lutheran church. The funeral services were held at the home of Mrs. F.W. Hemminghaus on Wednesday afternoon. The pall bearers were H.C. Danielson, Thomas Herreid, H.T. Lordahl, Andrew Vick, Milo Kittleson and Elliott Olson. The interment was at the Forest Hill cemetery. THE WHITEHALL TIMES - MAY 8, 1924