Obituary

  Bryan Swift, 66, died this morning at the Veterans Hospital in Iowa City. He had lived 3 1/2 miles northeast of Ainsworth.
  Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Jones Funeral Home with the Rev. Carlyle Smith in charge. Burial is to be in the Elm Grove Cemetery.
  Mr. Swift was born Nov. 11, 1896, in Washington County a son of George T. and Arvilla Lindsay Swift. He was reared and educated in Washington County and on Dec. 19, 1919, was married to Ethel Leota Caldwell.
  He was a member of the Pleasant Hill Christian Church. The veteran of World War I had been a farmer most of his life.
  Survivors include his widow; 12 children, Lawrence of Washington, Mrs. Keith (Esther) Houseal of Richland, Dr. George Swift of Ft. Madison, Charles of Washington, Marian of Crawfordsville, Mrs. Raymond (Doris) Sojka of Washington, Mrs. Alfred (Jean) Fritz of Washington, Mrs. Clifford (Wanda) Fritz of Brighton, Mrs. Merritt (Edith) Wellington of Washington, William of Washington, Mrs. Dale (Martha) Hawkins of Tipton, Mrs. Douglas (Annette) Chapupa of Washington; 33 grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Etteine Spenler, Mrs. Howard Wittrig, Mrs. Carl Schneider, Mrs. Dale Darbyshire, all of Washington; one brother, Arthur Swift of Washington; two half-sisters, Mrs. Wilbur Harter and Mrs. Arthur Kane, both of Washington.
  He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, a sister, and a brother.
(Washington Journal, Washington, Iowa, December 24, 1962)

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  Swift -- Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Jones Funeral Home for Bryan Swift with the Rev. Carlyle Smith in charge. Pallbearers were Omer Wagner, Claire Keating, Charles Cannon, Lyle Darbyshire, Allen Darbyshire, Charles Hanna. Burial was in the Elm Grove Cemetery.
(Washington Journal, Washington, Iowa, December 27, 1962)