Charlevoix County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Swanson, Alma M. 
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Cemetery:           Brookside Cemetery
Name:               Alma M. Swanson

Date Of Photograph: May 25, 2015
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Alma M.Swanson
Sept. 18, 1916
Dec. 23, 2001

Alma M. Hartwell is the daughter of Thomas and Lilly Belle (O'Brien) Hartwell. 






OBITUARY
Courtesy Charlevoix Library
Alma M. Swanson: Sept. 18,1916 - Dec. 23,2001
Alma M. Swanson, 85, of Charlevoix, died Dec. 23. 2001, at Grandvue Medical Care
Facility in East Jordan.
A funeral service was Dec. 27, at the Winchester Funeral Home in Charlevoix. The
Rev. Neil Turner officiated and burial was in Brookside Cemetery in Charlevoix.
Alma was born on Sept. 18, 1916, in Charlevoix, the daughter of Thomas and Lilly
Belle (O'Brien) Hartwell. She lived in Charlevoix all her life, graduating from
Charlevoix High School in 1934.
She married Lawrence (Stub) Swanson on June 7, 1934 and he preceded her in death
in 1978. Alma worked with her husband as secretary of Swanson Construction until
1974 and then with her sons until her retirement in 1995.
Alma was a member of the Community Church of God and was involved with the Cub
Scouts 

when it organized in Charlevoix. She was on the Charlevoix County Board of
Canvassers and Secretary of the Rebekah's Lodge for 40 years.
Alma is survived by a daughter, Nancy Burdick of Ypsilanti; sons. Thomas (Joan)
Swanson of Tucson, Ariz., Kevin (Barb) Swanson and David Swanson of Charlevoix:
11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and daughter-in-law, Vera Swanson.
Alma was also preceded in death by her son, Larry Swanson, and son-in-law.Chuck
Burdick.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Community Church of God or Grandvue
Medical Care Facility.










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