Obit of Edward William SWANSON (b.1882 d.1953), Watonwan Co., MN

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Watonwan County Plaindealer, Jan. 7, 1954
Died 29 Dec. 1953

Last Rites Are Held For Edw. W. Swanson, 71

Funeral services: Saturday aftrernoon, Jan. 2, at the West Sveadahl Lutheran Church
Name: Edward William Swanson
Age: 71
Resident: Adrian township
Sang: Miss Arlene Bloom 
Church service: 2 p.m.
Officiating: Rev. W. A. Bloom
Burial: West Sveadahl cemetery
Pallbearers: Wilbur Englof
             LeRoy Swanson
             Ivan Warner
             David Swanson
             Wendell Peterson
             Lemuel Swanson
Sang: Mrs. Otto Berggren
      Mrs. Vernol Nelson
      Mrs. Theodore Holmquist
      the choir
Oragnist: Mrs. Herbert Nelson
Born: April 10, 1882, West Sveadahl, Adrian township
Parents: Peter Olaf and Johanna Swanson
Baptized: April 18, 1882, West Sveadahl
Confirmed: May 30, 1898, West Sveadahl (lifelong member)
Marriage: Sept. 15, 1907
Spouse: Miss Marie Elizabeth Warner, Adrian township
Survived by: wife: Elizabeth
         children: Mrs. Robert (Viola) Hoffman, St. James
                   Walter H. Swanson, at home
                   Mrs. Jerome (Rosetta) Schiller, Worthington
          sisters: Mrs. Arthur Wing, Polson, Mont.
                   Mrs. Russel Norgan, Polson, Mont.
                   Mrs. H. W. Beckstrom, Minneapolis
   granddaughters: Annette Hoffman
                   Blaine Hoffman
                   Darlene Hoffman
                   Joann Schiller
Preceded in death by: brother: C. E. Swanson
                       sister: Ellen
Attendees from out of town:
Mr. and Mrs. Delmer Markley
Mrs. A. W. Markley
Truman Englof
Dr. and Mrs. Beckstrom
Funeral arrangements: St. James Furniture and Funeral service