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Edith Ophelia Lundquist Swanson
BIRTH 19 Feb 1896
East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
DEATH 11 Mar 1986 (aged 90)
Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
BURIAL
Riverside Cemetery
Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
MEMORIAL ID 205754171 ยท View Source
Edith O. Swanson , 90, of 152 Brighton St., formerly of Waterman Avenue, Cranston, died Monday at Symmes Hospital in Arlington, Mass. She was the widow of John E. Swanson .
Born in East Providence, she was a daughter of the late Knute M. and Christina E. (Ek) Lundquist. She lived in Cranston many years, and lived in Belmont since 1979.
Mrs. Swanson was a secretary for the traffic manager of the O'Bannon Corp. in West Barrington for several years before retiring.
She attended Bryant & Stratton, now Bryant College. She was a member of the Church of the Redeemer in Providence, and a former member that church's altar guild.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Janice Post, with whom she lived; two sons, the Rev. Edward I. Swanson of Potomac, Md., and Robert M. Swanson of Plymouth, Minn.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Mary Vandall of Cumberland; a stepson, John J. Swanson of Woonsocket, 12 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
The funeral service was held Saturday at the Church of the Redeemer, 655 Hope St., Providence. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Pawtucket.
Providence Journal (RI) - March 13, 1986 |
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