Swanson, Gertrude (Lent) 1914 - 2002

SWANSON, LENT

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/22/2024 at 16:07:23

Source: Times Plain Dealer; Aug. 14, 2002 Page A-14
from Elma library collection assembled by Marian (Marr) McGee
Transcribed by Joy Moore

Services held for Gertrude Swanson
Memorial services for Gertrude Swanson of Fort Myers were held in the Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Funeral Home on August 9. She was cremated.
Gertrude, 87, died Monday, August 5, 2002.
Gertrude Swanson was born in Cresco, the daughter of Frederick C. and Vera S. Lent. She moved to the Fort Myers, FL area in 1968 from Waverly.
Gertrude worked for many years with her husband Hugh in owning and operating the Coast to Coast Hardware Store in Waverly, she worked for many years at the Sea Horse Gift Shop at Sanibel Island, she moved from Sanibel to Seven Lakes, Fort Myers in 1982.
She is survived by her sons: Gary, Roger, and Steven, all of Fort Myers; three grandchildren; and one brother: Burton of Washington State.
Gertrude was preceded in death by her husband Hugh in 1988.

Transcriber’s Note: Find-a-grave records indicate she was born October 17, 1914.