Mrs. Emilie J. Swenson

SWENSON, RUSSEL, KARR, VOLLMER, MOORE

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 7/7/2014 at 09:33:27

MOTHER FOLLOWS CHILD IN DEATH; RITES THURSDAY

Mrs. Emilie J. Swenson, 3101 Keota avenue, a resident of Davenport for the past 30 years, died at 4:10 a.m. Monday in Mercy hospital following birth of a son last Wednesday. Her child died shortly after birth. Mrs. Swenson was born March 12, 1910 in Burlington. She was educated in the Davenport schools and was married to Edwin O. Swenson on Oct. 20, 1940 in Davenport. A member of the Zion Lutheran church, she was also affiliated with the missionary society of the church. Surviving are the husband; her mother, Mrs. Emilie Benson, Davenport; four sisters, Miss Claudine Russel, Mrs. James Karr and Mrs. Kenneth Vollmer, all of Davenport, and Mrs. Naomi Moore, Los Angeles, Calif., and four brothers, Louis Faust and Wesley L. Benson, both of Davenport, Art Faust, Chicago and Pvt. Harrison C. Benson, Camp Lockborne, Columbus, Ohio. Her father died in 1933. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Runge chapel. Burial will be in Oakdale cemetery.

Source: Davenport Democrat, 14 Dec 1942.