Obit: Swenson, Elmer (1900 - 1990)

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Surnames: SWENSON JURGUSON PAUL

----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner (Clark County, Wis.) 04/25/1990
 

Swenson, Elmer (1900 - 1990)
 

Elmer Swenson, 89, Marshfield, died April 21, 1990, at 1:20 p.m. at Marshfield Living Center, Marshfield. Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 24, 1990, at Christ Lutheran Church, Chili. Rev. Herbert Biermann officiated. Burial was in the Town of Lynn Cemetery. Friends served as pallbearers.

Elmer Swenson was born May 26, 1900, in Auburndale, to Gilbert and Hanna (Jerguson) Swenson. He received his education in Auburndale. He married Anna Paul on Feb. 7, 1923, in Marshfield. They began farming in 1944 in the Chili area and continued to farm until 1970, when he and his wife retired and moved to Marshfield.

Survivors include his wife, three sons, Gene, Oostburg Lloyd Swenson, Chili Oliver, Waukesha eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were his parents, three brothers and two sisters.
Gilbertson Funeral Home, Granton was in charge of the arrangements.