Iroquois County IL Archives Obituaries.....Ronna, Reva Swanstrom March 23, 2006
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Gilman Star, 2006
Gilman (Illinois) Star, Thursday, March 30, 2006
OBITUARIES
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Services to Be Held For REVA SWANSTROM RONNA, 81
	Funeral services for Reva E. Swanstrom Ronna, 81, of Paxton, will be 
held at a later date at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Loda.  Officiating 
will be Rev. Denis White.  Burial will be in Pine Ridge Cemetery in Loda.
	
	Mrs. Ronna died at 5:00 a.m. on Thursday, March  23, 2006, at 
Heartland Heath Care Center in Paxton.  She was born June 20, 1924 in Buckley, 
to Joseph and Florence Craner Gleason.  She married Everett Swanstrom Nov. 27, 
1946 in Kankakee.  He died Aug. 25, 1987.  She married Lawrence E. Ronna on 
Aug. 7, 1997 in Paxton.  He survives.
	Other survivors include two sons, Stephen a& Bonnie Swanstrom of 
Morrison, and Stanley & Carol Swanstrom of Gilman; two daughters, Sandra & C. 
J. Grady of Paxton, and Shelly Swanstrom of Paxton; six grandchildren; four 
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Catherine Tuttle and Mary Calvert both of 
Bradley; and numerous other relatives.
	Preceding her in death along with her first husband, Everett, are her 
parents, one son, Shawn, two brothers, and one sister.
	Mrs. Ronna spent her entire life in the Buckley, Loda and Paxton 
communities.  She graduated from Loda High School in 1942.  She was employed 
at Switchcraft in  Paxton for 10 years and she provided home health care to 
the elderly for 10 years.  She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in 
Paxton were she also worked in the bingo kitchen.  She delivered peace meals 
for several years.  She enjoyed bingo, playing cards and embroidering quilts.
	Memorials may be made to St. Mary’s Catholic Church or the Paxton 
Peace Meal.
	Arrangements were made by Ford-Baier Funeral Home in Paxton.


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