Richard Nels Swain 1940 - 2022

SWAIN, HAMLIN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 3/22/2022 at 10:35:03

Richard Nels Swain

Soldier, Iowa

Richard Nels Swain died on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, at the age of 81 years, nine months and 15 days.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Soldier Lutheran Church. Arrangements are with Fouts Funeral Home in Dunlap.

Richard Nels Swain was born on April 5, 1940, in Soldier to parents LeRoy "Roy" and Lena (Hamlin) Swain. He graduated from Soldier Consolidated High School in the class of 1958. Richard farmed with his father. He had numerous interests and served on the Soldier Valley Election Board, Soldier Valley Homes, Longlines Telephone Board, and West Central Community Action in Harlan.

Richard was a member of the Soldier Lutheran Church and served on the church board. He was a caregiver for numerous people in the Soldier Moorhead area. Richard was a people person, and he made many friends wherever he was.

He is survived by his four sisters, Kay Harfst of Webster City, Iowa, Nancy Swain of Omaha, Neb., Sandra Tillson of Denver, Colo., and Kathy and her husband Dennis Kennedy of Council Bluffs; and several nephews, nieces and other relatives and friends.

Richard was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Larry Swain and Terry Swain.

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