OBIT: James Carlisle SWANER, 2001, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  SWANER
  
    James Carlisle Swaner, 92, of Short Gap, Md., died April 26, 2001
  at his residence.  Born Oct. 3, 1908 in Keyser, W.Va., he was the son
  of the late James Reese and Alice Edith (VanMeter) Swaner.  He was
  also preceded in death by his wife, Thelma Phyllis (Marker) Swaner; a
  sister, Ruby Pearl Swaner; two brothers, Everett G. Swaner and Donald
  Isaac Swaner and two grandsons, William L. Swaner, Jr., and Terry G.
  McDonald Jr.  He is survived by three sons, William Leroy Swaner,
  Cumberland, Md.; Paul Leon Swaner, Ridgeley, W.Va. and Robert Dale
  Swaner, Somerset; a daughter, Linda Kay (Swaner) McDonald, Ridgeley,
  W.Va.; a sister, Dorothy Marie Weakely, Ridgeley, W.Va.; 19
  grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.  Mr. Swaner was a graduate
  of Bruce High School.  He was retired from the Western Maryland
  Railway, having been a car inspector.  Mr. Swaner was a member of
  Calvary Assembly of God Church, Fort Ashby, Md.  Friends will be
  received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Upchurch Funeral
  Home, P.A, 202 Greene, St., Cumberland, Md., where funeral service
  will be held at 11 a.m. Monday with Pastor Wesley Beahm
  officiating.  Interment, Restlawn Memorial Gardens.  Memorial
  contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 540 E,
  Belvedere Ave., Suite 202, Baltimore, Md., 21212.
  
  Daily American, April 27, 2001
  
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