Bio of SWANSON, Herbert S. and Emil O. (b.1889/1886), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol III, pg 506-507
HERBERT S. AND EMIL O. SWANSON
Herbert S. and Emil O. Swanson are the proprietors of the Swanson Undertaking
Company. The brothers were born at Ishpeming, Michigan, the former September 10,
1889, and the latter on the 1st of April, 1886. Their parents were August and
Martha H. (Hyttsten) Swanson, both of whom were natives of Sweden, whence they
came to the United States, the father crossing the Atlantic alone at the age of
fourteen years, while the mother came with her parents to the new world when
sixteen years of age. Both became residents of Michigan and after attaining his
majority the father engaged in the furniture and undertaking business, which he
carried on in that state for thirty years or until his death in 1913. In 1916
the family removed to Minneapolis. There were three sons and one daughter.
Herbert S. Swanson, the second child, was educated in the public schools of
Ishpeming, Michigan, and afterward attended the embalming school of the
University of Minnesota, from which he was graduated in 1920. He thus qualified
for his chosen vocation and is now associated with his brother, Emil O., in
conducting a profitable and growing business under the name of the Swanson
Undertaking Company.
Herbert S. Swanson is the president of the Camden Park Commercial Club and is
interested in all that pertains to public welfare and progress. He is also
connected with the North Side Young Men's Christian Association. He belongs to
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias, the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and to the Purple Cross, the last named being an
undertakers' association. His religious faith is indicated in his connection
with the Salem Lutheran church, of which he is a trustee. During the World war
he served at Camp Wadsworth as supply sergeant of Company B, Sixth Anti Air
Craft Machine Battery, and his brother August was with the Thirty-third
Division, with infantry and ma­chine gun forces overseas, going to the western
front in May, 1918, and there remaining until May, 1919.
Emil O. Swanson, like his brother, was educated in the public and high schools
of Ishpeming, Michigan, being there graduated with the class of 1905, and also
attended the Northern State Normal School at Marquette, Michigan, and the
University of Minnesota. In addition to his connection with the Swanson
Undertaking Company he is sales manager for the Plastik Products Company,
manufacturers of magnesite stucco. The brothers are representative and
progressive business men of Minneapolis, making steady progress toward the goal
of success by reason of unfaltering determination and enterprising spirit. Emil
O. Swanson is, like his brother, a member of the Knights of Pythias, the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Camden Park Commercial Club. He,
too, joined the army, serving with the Students Army Training Corps at the
University of Minnesota during the World war.