Swihart, Margaret Katherine 1906-1985

SWIHART, TICE, SMITH

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Date: 2/27/2014 at 09:25:23

Margaret Swihart

Des Moines – Mrs. John Francis (Margaret Katherine) Swihart, 89, of Luther Apartments, a former resident of Newton, died Friday evening at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.

Private graveside rites will be held Tuesday, June 4, at the Newton Union Cemetery.

Memorial contributions to the Diabetes Association will be accepted.

Hamilton Funeral in Des Moines is handling arrangements.

Survivors are her husband; a brother, Harold Tice of Grinnell; and two nieces, including Shirley Smith of Newton.

Mrs. Swihart was a former employee of the Newton Big Store.

The daughter of Loyd and Blanche Tice, she was born Oct. 1, 1906 in the Chester Center area, north of Grinnell, was educated in Chester Center School and was graduated from Grinnell Community High School.

She was married Sept. 1, 1931 in the Chester Center area. ~ Newspaper unknown, possibly The Des Moines (IA) Register or The Newton (IA) Daily News, Mon 3 June 1985