Obit: Swanson, Rev. Charles J. (1896 - 1956) 
 

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Swanson, Waldo, Carlsen, Fleming, Colby, Zepplin 
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) September 6, 1956 
 

Swanson, Rev. Charles J. (11 January 1896 –2 September 1956) 
 

The Rev. Charles J. Swanson, 60, pastor of Loyal and York Center Methodist churches, died at 7:25 p.m. Sunday September 2, 1956, in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, where he was taken about an hour before, having suffered a heart attack. 
 

He was born in Milwaukee, January 11, 1896, and received his early education in public schools there.  Later he was graduated from the Methodist Theological seminary at Evanston, Ill.   
 

He served the Moose Lake Methodist Church in Minnesota for 10 years. Among other churches he served were Newberry, Carney, Iron Mountain, and Hermansville, in Michigan, and Spirit, South Wayne, and Mauston in Wisconsin.  He came to Loyal from Mauston in June, 1955. 
 

He was married to Elsie Waldo at Carney, Mich. June 16, 1926.  He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Allen (Charlene) Carlsen, Champaign, Ill.; one son, Jon, at home; two brothers, Oscar A. and Ralph J. of Milwaukee; and one grandchild. A daughter and a sister preceded him in death. 
 

He was a member of the Masonic organization in Iron Mountain, Mich., and of the Loyal Rotary Club. 
 

Funeral services were held in the Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday.  The Rev. Raymond Fleming, La Crosse, district superintendent of Central District, was in charge, assisted by other Methodist pastors.  James Colby was soloist and Mrs. Byron Zepplin organist.  Burial was in Milwaukee.