Jo Anne Eklund ⁷⁰⁸⁸

   Another name for Jo was Ruth JoAnne Eklund.

  Research Notes:

1. Star Tribune, 15 Jun 1950, page 12

- Roosevelt High School Graduation, "Joanne Eklund"
- there is a photo but hard to make out her
- date likely fits, about age 18

2. MN birth Record ???

Eklund, Joanne Carol
Birth Certificate Index
Certificate Number: 1932-39566
Birth: October 26, 1932
County of Birth: Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Subject: Birth records
Type: Text, Government Record, Historical Records
Mother's Maiden Name: Swanson ???



3. Ancestry Family Tree 'Suzetter Brown" FT

- records birth as Ruth Joanne: as 26 Feb 1932, Glendive, Dawson Co, MT and died 8 Mar 2009, Minneapolis
- married "private" Hammargren, with five children



4. obit of 2009 from family search

Hammargren, Ruth JoAnne

" of Alexandria, formerly of Coon Rapids, age 77. Born 2-26-1932; died 3-8-2009. Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, friend is now in heaven, free of pain. She is survived by her husband of nearly 56 years <1953>, Duane; children, Karen Mortensen (Mark Wilkes); David (Elizabeth Coover); Mary Hammargren (Bill Olson); John (Heather); Kathryn Lovik (Tom); 14 grandchildren; 3 great- grandchildren; sister, Jane Martin. Many dear friends, nieces and nephews."

- she worked as a Nurse at RN at Mercy Hospital; husband Duane owned Hanson Drug with someone else.
- retired to Alexandria, Douglas Co.


Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN) - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
CITE THIS RECORD
"Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities", , GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/1270ED98F1DA3500-1270ED98F1DA3500 : accessed 29 May 2017)
Hammargren, Ruth JoAnne


- a couple of things in this obit that don't make sense
1) sister, Jane (Martin) ?? there does not seem to be any record of another daughter to Clarence Eklund (MN birth records). Perhaps this really refers to a sister in-law, or someone close who has been referred to as a "sister"
2. children: Karen Mortensen - this would imply another marriage, but no records in the MN birth (mother Eklund). David - I can't find a birth record in MN birth

BUT the other three children; Mary Jo, Kathryn Ann, and John William - father Duane Lennart Hammargren and Ruth Joanne Eklund on MN Birth Index (family search)

BECAUSE of the above 2 issues, I have only recorded Jo Anne Eklund's marrige (from the obit) and death, but recorded with "a marginal evidence/surety".


5. a. Marriage: can't find any marriage records -- MOMS


b. on Newspapers.com search, a few posts re; Duane Hammargren, owner of a Drug Store (possibly he was a Pharmacist, but that is not confirmed). in Coon Rapids



6. mother's obit children: Karen Mortensen; David, Mary, John, Kathryn


Mary Jo Hammargren
Minnesota Birth Index
NameMary Jo Hammargren
Event TypeBirth
Event Date07 Feb 1958
Event PlaceSaint Louis, Minnesota, United States
Father's NameDuane Lennart Hammargren
Mother's NameRuth Joanne Eklund
File Number1958-MN-072619
Citing this Record
"Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCPC-FMZ : 6 May 2014), Mary Jo Hammargren, 07 Feb 1958; from "Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing Saint Louis, Minnesota, United States, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.



John William Hammargren
Minnesota Birth Index
NameJohn William Hammargren
Event TypeBirth
Event Date29 Oct 1959
Event PlaceSaint Louis, Minnesota, United States
Father's NameDuane Lennart Hammargren
Mother's NameRuth Jo Anne Eklund
File Number1959-MN-023994
Citing this Record
"Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC65-4FD : 6 May 2014), John William Hammargren, 29 Oct 1959; from "Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing Saint Louis, Minnesota, United States, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.


Kathryn Ann Hammargren
Minnesota Birth Index
NameKathryn Ann Hammargren
Event TypeBirth
Event Date10 Jan 1963
Event PlaceHennepin, Minnesota, United States
Father's NameDuane Lennart Hammargren
Mother's NameRuth Joanne Eklund
File Number1963-MN-078330
Citing this Record
"Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC69-D9H : 6 May 2014), Kathryn Ann Hammargren, 10 Jan 1963; from "Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, Minnesota Department of Health, ⁷¹²⁸

Jo married Duane Hammargren.