King County WA Archives Obituaries.....Swanson, Carl Gustav November 30, 1955
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The Issaquah Press, Thursday, December 8, 1955:  
Services For Carl Swanson Held Saturday.  Funeral services for Carl Swanson, 
75, of Issaquah, were held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. from the Issaquah Funeral 
Home.  The Reverend William L. Reid officiated.  Mr. Swanson was born March 
19, 1880 in Sweden.  He came to Issaquah in 1896 and made his home with his 
sister, Mrs. Thilda Becker.  Later he worked out of Seattle on ships that went 
to leading ports all over the world.  During World War I he worked as a 
longshoreman on the Seattle waterfront.  Then for a time he worked in a mill 
near Preston.  Later he returned to Seattle and worked for Crane and Co. until 
he retired in 1945 when he returned to Issaquah.  He is survived by one 
sister, Mrs. Augusta Friend of Centralia and four nieces and three nephews.  
He was known to everyone as "Uncle Carl."  Interment was at Hillside Cemetery

Additional Comments:
SURNAME orginally "SVENSSON."  CARL GUSTAV SVENSSON was born March 19, 1880 in 
Sweden, and died November 30, 1955 in Seattle, King, WA. Parents: Sven 
TUFVESSON and Petronella BENGTSDOTTER.

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