Individual Details

Arkansas City Traveler, Arkansas City, Kansas, Thursday, March 10, 1960, Front Page, Col. 8: Death Claims Swan Selan. Retired Santa Fe Engineer Was Native of Sweden. Swan Selan, 1011 S. First St., retired Santa Fe engineer, died Wednesday in the Santa Fe Hospital in Topeka, where he had been a patient for two months. He was born in Sweden, April 15, 1882. Swan entered the employ of the Santa Fe Railroad in the mechanical department May 23, 1907, and to locomotive engineer July 29, 1914. He retired from that position Oct. 24, 1949. He was married to Ruth Evelyn Kirkpatrick in Stillwater Oct. 1, 1913. She had been with him in Topeka during his illness. Survivors include his wife of the home, one son, Maynard Selan Tulsa, one daughter, Mrs. Wayne (Betty) Moore, Little Rock, five grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. George Pappas, 1103 North 13 St. Mr. Selan was a member of the First United Presbyterian church,. The Grant-Elder Funeral home is in charge of funeral arrangements which are pending the arrival of Mrs. Selan from Topeka.

Birth	1882	Europe
Birth	25 Apr 1882	Sweden
Marriage	15 Oct 1913	Stillwater, Payne Co., Oklahoma - Ruth Evelyn Kirkpatrick
Burial	Mar 1960	Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley Co., Kansas
Death	9 Mar 1960	Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas
Burial		Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley Co., Kansas
1930 US Census		Arkansas City, Cowley Co., Kansas

Spouse	Ruth Evelyn Kirkpatrick (1893 - 1971)
Child	Betty Jane Selan (1920 - 2000)
Child	Maynard K. Selan (1928 - 2008)