Individual Details
Charles W. Swanson
(21 Mar 1929 - 16 May 1980)
BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-BIOGRAPHICAL: Swanson Family information was provided by
Bernice Swanson Melin to Dorothy Krinke in a phone conversation, July 1995.
BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Obituary; The Advocate, Spooner WI; May 1980;
photocopy in poss of AFH.
BIRTH-DEATH: SSDI; www.infobases.com; researched 1996 by Nancy Hawkinson.
The Advocate, Spooner WI, May 1980
Charles Swanson, 51, Of Shell Lake Dies
The funeral for Charles W. Swanson, rural Spooner, who died Friday, May 16,
1980, at the Shell Lake Indianhead Memorial Hospital, was Monday morning at the
Pockat Funeral Home in Shell Lake, Rev. Norman Luecke officiating, with burial
in the Shell Lake Cemetery.
He was born March 21, 1929, in Rush City, Minn. He was married July 3, 1953 to
Bobbi Rydberg at Shell Lake. The couple resided at Shell Lake until 1979 when
they moved to rural Spooner. He farmed for a short time, had worked for Durand
and Randall Motors, Spooner, and most recently was employed by the City of
Shell Lake. He had been fire chief at Shell Lake.
Besides his wife, he is survived by four daughters, Jan Rohlik, Eau Claire,
Joan Swanson, Chippewa Falls, and Jill White and Jerri Pederson, Shell Lake;
two grandchildren; a brother, Gilbert, Rush City; and a sister, Bernice Melin,
Park Rapids, Minn.
Bernice Swanson Melin to Dorothy Krinke in a phone conversation, July 1995.
BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Obituary; The Advocate, Spooner WI; May 1980;
photocopy in poss of AFH.
BIRTH-DEATH: SSDI; www.infobases.com; researched 1996 by Nancy Hawkinson.
The Advocate, Spooner WI, May 1980
Charles Swanson, 51, Of Shell Lake Dies
The funeral for Charles W. Swanson, rural Spooner, who died Friday, May 16,
1980, at the Shell Lake Indianhead Memorial Hospital, was Monday morning at the
Pockat Funeral Home in Shell Lake, Rev. Norman Luecke officiating, with burial
in the Shell Lake Cemetery.
He was born March 21, 1929, in Rush City, Minn. He was married July 3, 1953 to
Bobbi Rydberg at Shell Lake. The couple resided at Shell Lake until 1979 when
they moved to rural Spooner. He farmed for a short time, had worked for Durand
and Randall Motors, Spooner, and most recently was employed by the City of
Shell Lake. He had been fire chief at Shell Lake.
Besides his wife, he is survived by four daughters, Jan Rohlik, Eau Claire,
Joan Swanson, Chippewa Falls, and Jill White and Jerri Pederson, Shell Lake;
two grandchildren; a brother, Gilbert, Rush City; and a sister, Bernice Melin,
Park Rapids, Minn.
Events
| Birth | 21 Mar 1929 | Rush City, Chisago, Minnesota | |||
| Marriage | 3 Jul 1953 | Shell Lake, Wisconsin - Bobbie Ryberg | |||
| Death | 16 May 1980 | Shell Lake, Wisconsin |  | ||
| Burial | 19 May 1980 | Shell Lake, Wisconsin, Shell Lake Cemetery |
Families
| Spouse | Bobbie Ryberg |
| Child | Jerri Swanson |
| Child | Janice Swanson |
| Child | Joan Swanson |
| Child | Jill Swanson |
| Father | Charles E. Swanson (1880 - ) |
| Mother | Ruth N. Lind (1896 - ) |
| Sibling | Gilbert William Swanson (1914 - 2001) |
| Sibling | Bernice D'Mae Swanson (1917 - 2006) |
Endnotes
1. U.S. Social Security Death Index .