SWALWELL, Matilda Isabel: Died 1954

SWALWELL, BALL, VONSEGGEN, HAWKINS, CULTER

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Date: 5/16/2017 at 19:30:25

**Handwritten: d. 1954

MATILDA BALL SWALWELL

Matilda Isabelle Ball Swalwell, daughter of Frank and Anna Ball, was born near Collins, Iowa, on April 13, 1892. She graduated from the Collins high school with honors.

On Dec. 20, 1914, she was united in marriage to C.C. Swalwell. Early the next spring they emigrated to Minnesota to make a home and settle down on a farm. It was there on the farm she followed her husband to the altar in a tent meeting and found the Lord in saving power which transformed her life making her a new creature in Christ Jesus. From that day on a family altar was established in the home around which she raised her children. She loved to read the Bible and read many chapters every day, especially the last year. Soon after she was converted she was sanctified wholly and walked in the light to the best of her ability. As a young woman she said she would be willing to marry the man she loved but not if he were a preacher. But when her husband was called into the ministry, without reservation on her part she took up the life of a pastor's wife, filling the office in a most wonderful way for 21 years, moving from place to place in several states. She proved the power of God in her life to cope with every situation. She was a good wife and a most excellent mother to her children as well as a leader in the church for righteousness.

For a number of years she has been in declining health when Wednesday of two weeks ago she went to the hospital at Kirksville, Mo. Then on Friday evening, Aug. 27, 1954 without warning she suffered a heart attack and in a few minutes had gone to be with the Lord at the age of 62 years, four months and 14 days.

She leaves to mourn her departure her loving husband, Rev. C.C. Swalwell of Farmington, Iowa; four children, V.I. Swalwell of Westminster, Md., Anna Von Seggen of Farmington, Iowa, Alice Hawkins of Olds, Iowa, and Rosalie Culter of Keosauqua, Iowa; one daughter-in-law, and three sons-in-law; seven grandchildren; four brothers and one sister, along with a host of other relatives and friends. Two children, Vincent and Glen died in infancy.

She joined the Church of the Nazarene, the church of her choice in 1922 at Oskaloosa, Iowa. She was also a life member of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Church of the Nazarene and a Sunday school teacher of junior boys and girls for many years. Her influence for good was wide and she will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

Services were held at the home at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31, and at 2 p.m. at the Nazarene church in Farmington, with the Rev. Gene Phillips officiating. Several other ministers assisted and served as honorary pallbearers. Burial was in Greenglade cemetery, Farmington.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book H, Page 148, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA