In Memory of Roy E. Swanson, July 12, 1906 - April 6, 1992 Roy’s memorial service was held at the Immanuel Reformed Church of Christ in Klemme, Iowa, on April 9, 1992. Rev. Don Walters officiated and music was provided by Diane Stadtlander, organist, and Bill Renner, vocalist. Casket bearers included Adam Johnson, Eugene Swanson, Ron Swanson, Gene Bachman, Dick Rutz and Clark Neary. Interment was in the Ell Township Cemetery, Klemme, Iowa. Roy Eugene Swanson, the son of Oscar and Anna (Dahlgran) Swanson was born July 12, 1906, at Morris, Illinois. He moved with his family in 1911, to their newly acquired farm two miles east of Klemme. On November 24, 1937, at the Peace Reformed Church parsonage, Roy and Lyda Christina Haberkamp were united in marriage, by Pastor William Hueneman. They lived on and farmed the land east of town until they retired in 1975. They continued to reside on the farm until 1983, when they moved to Klemme. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife Lyda; daughters Sharleen Kay Roth and Judith Ann Johnson and her husband, Richard all of Colorado Springs, CO; grandchildren Nancy Lynne Roth Boehm, Joan Annette Roth Dresback, Brent Allen Roth and Adam Christopher Johnson; great granddaughter Amanda Lynn Boehm; sisters Edith Lemke of Seal Beach, CA; Ethel Haynes of Hemet, CA; and Phyllis Loeffler of Inverness, FL; also brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, and many friends. He is preceded in death by his parents, sisters Mary, Esther, twin sister Ruth, and brothers Albert, Carl, and Leonard.

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