Obit for John Henry SWANSON (b.1877 d.1961), Watonwan Co., MN (Abstract of Article) ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn ========================================================================= Watonwan County Plaindealer, Sep. 14, 1961 Died 13 Sep 1961 John H. Swanson farm and civic Leader, 84, dies Name:John Henry Swanson Age: 84 Resident: St. James Died: home of his sister: Mrs. August Peterson, Butterfield Positions held: chairman: St. James Creamery secretary: St. James Shipping Association assessor: St. James township trustee and treasurer: East Sveadahl Lutheran church clerk: rural school district No. 28 (20 years) Born: St. James township, Aug. 14, 1877 Parents: Eva and Anders Swanson Educated: districts No. 28 and 45 commercial college at Gustavus Adolphus, St. Peter Married: Dec. 30, 1905, Minneapolis Spouse: Hulda Malmberg (d.February 1944) Survivers: daughter: Mrs. Harold (Irene) Shipley, Kenosha, Wis. sons: Lemuel, St. James Vincent, Glacier National Park, Mont. Oscar, Gooseberry State Park, Two Harbors, Minn. five grandchildren: sisters: Mrs. August Peterson, Butterfield Mrs. Henry Beckstrom, Marine-of the-St. Croix, Wis. Preceded in death: his parents wife infant son: Edgar Vincent sisters: Mrs. Gust Anderson Ada brother: William Funeral services: Saturday, 2 p.m., East Sveadahl Lutheran church Officiating: Rev. W. A. Bloom Pallbearers: Walter Swanson Clifford Swanson LeRoy Swanson Wendell Peterson Elmer Anderson David Swanson. Funeral Home: Jensen-Watonwan funeral home