ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. Obituary for: SWENSON, HOWARD DOUGLAS, SR. Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. Source: The St. Tammany News, St. Tammany, La. Published on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 ======================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ======================================================================= NOTE: If a Photo is available for an obituary record, a reference note will be included with the record. =========================================================== SWENSON ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/sttammany/obits/dateobits/2011/st1106.htm and click to view list of photos. ========== Howard Douglas Swenson Sr., loving father, age 85, of Pearl River, passed away Friday, June 24, 2011. He served in the U.S. Navy, was a maintenance mechanic at Kaiser, a salesman for Evans Tobacco Co., and worked at the NASA Slidell Computer Complex. He was also a member of Charter Oak Baptist Church. Howard is the beloved father of Howard Douglas Swenson Jr., Gayle Hines and Kathy Swenson; grandfather of Jason, Andrea, Bethany and Tiffany. He is also survived by nine great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. He is also survived by two sons-in-law, George and Mark, and sister-in-law Alma Singleton. He is preceded in death by his wife Edith Wood Swenson; his parents Julius and Leila Swenson; four brothers Clifton, J.D., Charlie Mae, Jerome; sister Bonnie Cox, and grandson Sonny Williamson. A memorial service will be held at 1p.m. Saturday, July 2, 2011, at Charter Oak Baptist Church, Highway 41, Pearl River. ===================