Obit for John Henry SWANSON (b.1877 d.1961), Watonwan Co., MN
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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