Monona-Buena Vista County IA Archives Obituaries.....Swenson, Swen K.  January 27, 2000
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Funeral Card 2000
Swen K. Swenson							FC  2000

	Swen K. Swenson, age 80, of rural Varina, formerly of Storm Lake died 
Thursday, January 27, 2000 at the Buena Vista County Hospital in Storm Lake 
following a brief illness.  A memorial fund has been established at St. Mark 
Lutheran Church.
	Swen Karl Swenson was born December 3, 1919 in Soldier, Iowa the son 
of Swen A. and Olena (Peterson) Swenson.  He attended school in Soldier.
	Swen served in the United States Army during World War II and 
participated in the Battle of the Bulge.  He was wounded in action and 
received the Purple Heart with two clusters.
	On July 10, 1943 he married Valborg Johanna Haugen in Soldier, Iowa.  
The couple moved to Storm Lake in January of 1958.  Swen worked as a mechanic 
for over 40 years at John Deere Implement dealerships in Moorhead, Storm Lake 
and Newell.  He then went to work in the Storm Lake School system as a 
custodian retiring in 1981.  He and Vallie began a yard, odd jobs and snow 
removal business retiring again in 1993.  At this time they moved to rural 
Varina.
	Swen was a member of St. Mark Lutheran Church, Storm Lake, D. W. 
Steiner American Legion Post #588, and the Storm Lake Horseshoe Club.  He 
enjoyed card playing, fishing, gardening and was always willing to lend a 
helping hand to anyone who needed it.
	He is survived by his wife, Vallie, two sons; Swen Jr., Des Moines and 
Richard and his wife, Lucy, Des Moines; five daughters:  Sandy Wagener and her 
husband, Renny, Ankeny, Lenora Libolt and her husband, Bob, Storm Lake, Sallie 
Leibhart and her husband, Duane, Adel, Ila Chapman and her husband, Richard, 
Aurora, Nebraska, Connie Demers and her husband, John, Storm Lake; a son-in-
law Vernon Banks, Ankeny; 12 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.
	Also surviving are a brother Clifford Swenson, Moorhead and a sister 
Lillian Price and her husband, Art, Council Bluffs and numerous nieces, 
nephews, extended family members and friends.
	He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter Virginia Banks, a 
granddaughter, Penny Swenson, two brother, Andy and Harold and by a sister 
Gladys Husted.


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