Death Ends A Marriage Of 73 Years
A marriage relation which had endured for 73 years was ended at 7 p.m. Thursday when Mrs. Fannie Graves Swick, 90, died in Holzer hospital. She was the wife of John Swick who survives at the age of 93. The Ewington lady had been a patient in Holzer hospital for several months following a stroke.
Mrs. Swick was born in this county on Sept. 5, 1868, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Graves. She was married to John Swick on Oct. 24, 1885. Surviving this union are three daughters and two sons, Mrs. Anna Dyer, of Bidwell, Mrs. Lottie Baker of Vinton, and Mrs. Viola Snyder of Ewington (who lives near the parental home), Clarence Swick of Fostoria and Homer Swick of London.
Mrs. Swick was a member of the Ewington Church of Christ in Christian Union and funeral services will be held there at 2 p.m. Sunday. Rev. Claude Graves will officiate, and burial will follow in Vinton Memorial park under the direction of the McCoy Funeral Home. Friends may call at the funeral home on Saturday and until the hour of the service.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, December 19, 1958
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron
Death Ends A Marriage Of 73 Years
A marriage relation which had endured for 73 years was ended at 7 p.m. Thursday when Mrs. Fannie Graves Swick, 90, died in Holzer hospital. She was the wife of John Swick who survives at the age of 93. The Ewington lady had been a patient in Holzer hospital for several months following a stroke.
Mrs. Swick was born in this county on Sept. 5, 1868, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Graves. She was married to John Swick on Oct. 24, 1885. Surviving this union are three daughters and two sons, Mrs. Anna Dyer, of Bidwell, Mrs. Lottie Baker of Vinton, and Mrs. Viola Snyder of Ewington (who lives near the parental home), Clarence Swick of Fostoria and Homer Swick of London.
Mrs. Swick was a member of the Ewington Church of Christ in Christian Union and funeral services will be held there at 2 p.m. Sunday. Rev. Claude Graves will officiate, and burial will follow in Vinton Memorial park under the direction of the McCoy Funeral Home. Friends may call at the funeral home on Saturday and until the hour of the service.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, December 19, 1958
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron
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