MONTPELIER- Funeral services for Alfred Lewis Swa, 78, Montpelier, will be Saturday in the Montpelier Second Ward chapel. Mr. Swa died Tuesday of a heart attack.
He was born in Paris, France, Feb. 11, 1882. When a child he was brought by his mother, a convert to the LDS church from France to the United States where they settled in Bear Lake county.
An ardent sportsman, he worked for the state of Idaho as a trapper and during recent years was employed by the State Highway Department.
Mr. Swa and Minnie Pearl Watson were married Sept. 19, 1903 at Kaysville, Utah.
Besides his wife, he is survived by four daughters and five sons. Mrs. George W. Bryan of Ogden, Utah; Mrs. Ray Homer, Montpelier; Mrs. Grant Sarver, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Robert LaMarr, Fort Collins, Colo.; Alfred E. Swa and Dewayne Swa, Montpelier, Lloyd Swa of Ogden, Donald Swa of Boise and Willard Swa of Montpelier. Also surviving are 27 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
Idaho State Journal September 1, 1960
MONTPELIER- Funeral services for Alfred Lewis Swa, 78, Montpelier, will be Saturday in the Montpelier Second Ward chapel. Mr. Swa died Tuesday of a heart attack.
He was born in Paris, France, Feb. 11, 1882. When a child he was brought by his mother, a convert to the LDS church from France to the United States where they settled in Bear Lake county.
An ardent sportsman, he worked for the state of Idaho as a trapper and during recent years was employed by the State Highway Department.
Mr. Swa and Minnie Pearl Watson were married Sept. 19, 1903 at Kaysville, Utah.
Besides his wife, he is survived by four daughters and five sons. Mrs. George W. Bryan of Ogden, Utah; Mrs. Ray Homer, Montpelier; Mrs. Grant Sarver, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Robert LaMarr, Fort Collins, Colo.; Alfred E. Swa and Dewayne Swa, Montpelier, Lloyd Swa of Ogden, Donald Swa of Boise and Willard Swa of Montpelier. Also surviving are 27 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
Idaho State Journal September 1, 1960
Family Members
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LaVone Swa Michaelson
1904–1937
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Anona Swa Bryan
1906–1987
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Irean Pearl Swa Homer
1908–1990
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Hilma Rose Swa Sarver
1910–1997
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Baby Boy Swa
1912–1912
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Alfred Elmer Swa
1913–2003
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Dewayne Lewis "Soxs" Swa Sr
1916–2009
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Flora Delle Swa
1918–1918
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Lloyd John Swa
1924–1998
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Donald Richard Swa
1926–1999
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Willard Swa
1927–1997
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Deloris Swa Meredith
1931–2018
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