Obit: Laabs, Earnest Albert (1909 – 2006)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Laabs, Hermodson, Sulerad

----Sources: Family Records; Census Reports; The Democrat, Tate, Mississippi, 12 Sep 2006

Earnest Albert Laabs (11 Aug 1909 – 2 Sep 2006)

Earnest Albert Laabs, 97, of Senatobia, Miss., formerly of Fertile, Minn. (and Curtiss, Wis., the son of Albert K. E. and Mary Laabs), died Saturday, September 2, 2006 at the Quitman County Hospital in Marks, Miss. Mr. Laabs was born August 11, 1909 (in Clark Co., Wisconsin) and was a retired Road Construction Worker. Ernest was united in marriage to Muriel A. Sulerad Labbs on March 27, 1937 in Gary, Minnesota. To this union three children were born. Survivors include one daughter, Mavis Hermodson of Eau Claire, Wis. and two sons, Donald E. Laabs of Savannah, Ga. and Jerold A. Laabs of Senatobia, Miss. Mr. Laabs had seven grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

Family Notes

Social Security Records
Ernest
middle name: A
last name: Laabs
birth date: 11 August 1909
social security number: 476-01-9008
place of issuance: Minnesota
last residence: Tate, Mississippi
zip code of last residence: 38668
death date: 2 September 2006
estimated age at death: 97

1910 Federal Census, Mayville, Clark, Wisconsin, pg. 12, family 217

Ernst Laabs, white, single, male

Household Members
self Albert Laabs M 38y (28 Sep1872) Wisconsin
wife Mary Laabs F 22y Wisconsin
daughter Edna Laabs F 1y Wisconsin
son Ernst Laabs M 0y 9m Wisconsin

1940 Federal Census, Curtiss, Curtiss Village, Clark, Wisconsin, United States
Albert K E Laabs, white, divorced male (father of Earnest Albert Laabs)
age: 68
birthplace: Wisconsin
estimated birth year: 1872
residence in 1935: Same Place