Tom Swafford died Friday morning as he napped at his home. He had been ill with heart trouble for about 18 months, but seemed to be feeling as well as usual and had been up for breakfast,then lain down for a nap. His wife went in from the kitchen to speak to him and found that he had passed away. To his family he was known as Pa.
Mrms. Swafford had retired from farming and moved to Polo not long ago, buying the P.L. Crouse place. Tom Swafford had been a farmer all his life, living near Polo with the exception of 13 years when the family lived at Liberty. During World War I he was a mule buyer for Guyton and Harrington at Lathrop, who furnished mules for the government. For many years he showed fine mules at the Dedalia State Fair and the American Royal livestock show in Kansas City, always coming home with ribbons for the fine stock. He was said to be the best judge of mules in the state, and was liked and respected by all who kew him.
Funeral services were conducted from the Prairie Ridge church Monday afternoon, Sept. 11, at one o'clock, by the Rev. John Zier, Polo Baptist pastor, and friend of the family. Rites were largely attended and many floral offerings attested the esteem in which Thomas Swafford was held.
Mrms. Swafford had retired from farming and moved to Polo not long ago, buying the P.L. Crouse place. Tom Swafford had been a farmer all his life, living near Polo with the exception of 13 years when the family lived at Liberty. During World War I he was a mule buyer for Guyton and Harrington at Lathrop, who furnished mules for the government. For many years he showed fine mules at the Dedalia State Fair and the American Royal livestock show in Kansas City, always coming home with ribbons for the fine stock. He was said to be the best judge of mules in the state, and was liked and respected by all who kew him.
Funeral services were conducted from the Prairie Ridge church Monday afternoon, Sept. 11, at one o'clock, by the Rev. John Zier, Polo Baptist pastor, and friend of the family. Rites were largely attended and many floral offerings attested the esteem in which Thomas Swafford was held.
Tom Swafford died Friday morning as he napped at his home. He had been ill with heart trouble for about 18 months, but seemed to be feeling as well as usual and had been up for breakfast,then lain down for a nap. His wife went in from the kitchen to speak to him and found that he had passed away. To his family he was known as Pa.
Mrms. Swafford had retired from farming and moved to Polo not long ago, buying the P.L. Crouse place. Tom Swafford had been a farmer all his life, living near Polo with the exception of 13 years when the family lived at Liberty. During World War I he was a mule buyer for Guyton and Harrington at Lathrop, who furnished mules for the government. For many years he showed fine mules at the Dedalia State Fair and the American Royal livestock show in Kansas City, always coming home with ribbons for the fine stock. He was said to be the best judge of mules in the state, and was liked and respected by all who kew him.
Funeral services were conducted from the Prairie Ridge church Monday afternoon, Sept. 11, at one o'clock, by the Rev. John Zier, Polo Baptist pastor, and friend of the family. Rites were largely attended and many floral offerings attested the esteem in which Thomas Swafford was held.
Mrms. Swafford had retired from farming and moved to Polo not long ago, buying the P.L. Crouse place. Tom Swafford had been a farmer all his life, living near Polo with the exception of 13 years when the family lived at Liberty. During World War I he was a mule buyer for Guyton and Harrington at Lathrop, who furnished mules for the government. For many years he showed fine mules at the Dedalia State Fair and the American Royal livestock show in Kansas City, always coming home with ribbons for the fine stock. He was said to be the best judge of mules in the state, and was liked and respected by all who kew him.
Funeral services were conducted from the Prairie Ridge church Monday afternoon, Sept. 11, at one o'clock, by the Rev. John Zier, Polo Baptist pastor, and friend of the family. Rites were largely attended and many floral offerings attested the esteem in which Thomas Swafford was held.
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