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Surnames: DOWDEN, ROSE, SARGENT, SWANGO, WALDRIDGE,
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THE EVENING WORLD, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Tuesday, July 6, 1971,Volume 42,
Number 38, Page 1, Column 3, “Dick Swango, 93, Dies At Owensburg.” [Transcribed January
21, 2004 from microfilm of the original newspaper on file in the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene
County Public Library.]
Dick SWANGO, 93-year-old resident of Owensburg, died there at 8:15 p.m. Monday at the home
of a daughter, Mrs. Anna Mary WALDRIDGE.
The deceased, a retired farmer, was born in Jackson Township on September 30, 1877, the
son of Abraham and Rachel Ann (ROSE) SWANGO. He was a member of the Owensburg Baptist
Church.
Surviving in addition to the daughter of whose home he died and another daughter, Mrs.
Freeda B. DOWDEN, Bloomfield; three sons, Darrell SWANGO, Bloomfield route one, and Emery
and Rupert SWANGO, both of Owensburg; nineteen grandchildren, several great-grandchildren
and great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mace, in 1955 and by two daughters and a son.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in the Owensburg Baptist Church
with Rev. Merla CRAIG officiating. Interment will be in Owensburg Cemetery.
Friends may call at Jenkins & Sons Funeral Home here after 7:00 p.m. today.
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Link to a 1908 Biography of his father, Abraham SWANGO, JR [1844KY—1923IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.n...
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Link to the Obituary of his mother, Rachel Ann (ROSE) SWANGO [1853IN—1924IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.n...
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Link to the Obituary of his half-brother, Forrest A. SWANGO [1867IN—1959IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.n...
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Link to the Obituary of his wife, Artie Mace (SARGENT) SWANGO [1876IN—1955IN]:
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