1905
Elsie
2003
Elsie Swailes
January 28, 1905 — January 9, 2003
Elsie Swailes, 97 of Mt. Pleasant, IA died Thursday, January 9, 2003 at the Pleasant Manor Care Center in Mt. Pleasant following declining health.
Funeral Services have been set for 10:30 A.M., Thursday, January 16, 2003 at the First Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant with the Rev. Harry Hollingsworth, Pastor of the Danville Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Forest Home Cemetery. Open visitation will be Wednesday, January 15, 2003 from 9-5:00 at the Beatty Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant. At the request of Elsie there will be no family visitation. Memorials may be designated to Fern Rold, Rebecca Circles, both at the First Baptist Church, White Oak Church or Pleasant Manor Care Center Activities Dept.
Elsie was born January 28, 1905 in a brick house that sets where Hwy 218 and Big Creek now intersect, north of Mt. Pleasant. She the daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Ada Pearl (Lane) McClure. She was raised in the White Oak area northwest of Mt. Pleasant and attended Church and school there. She worked in the Candy Kitchen prior to marriage. On April 19, 1924 she was united in marriage to Charles David Swailes in the parsonage of the First Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant with Rev. Weston.
She was an active member of the First Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant for over 75 years. She began attending with her grandmother at age 19. She held many offices in Church Circles and taught beginning and junior classes. She was a member of the music mothers club and took a course in practical nursing.
Elsie was a bookkeeper and salesperson for the family Auto Parts business that she and Charles started in 1943 on Adams Street in Mt. Pleasant. She continued working there several years after her husband died in 1982.
Survivors include one son, Charles W. Swailes of Sun City CA; one daughter, Doris Taylor and husband Everett of Mt. Pleasant; one daughter-in-law Rama Swailes of Mt. Pleasant; one brother Robert McClure and wife Lucy of Mt. Pleasant; twelve grandchildren; twenty-six great-grandchildren and nineteen great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Charles, May 9, 1982, son Roger, infant daughter, Norma, three brothers, two sisters, a great-grandson and a great-great-granddaughter.
Funeral Services have been set for 10:30 A.M., Thursday, January 16, 2003 at the First Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant with the Rev. Harry Hollingsworth, Pastor of the Danville Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Forest Home Cemetery. Open visitation will be Wednesday, January 15, 2003 from 9-5:00 at the Beatty Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant. At the request of Elsie there will be no family visitation. Memorials may be designated to Fern Rold, Rebecca Circles, both at the First Baptist Church, White Oak Church or Pleasant Manor Care Center Activities Dept.
Elsie was born January 28, 1905 in a brick house that sets where Hwy 218 and Big Creek now intersect, north of Mt. Pleasant. She the daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Ada Pearl (Lane) McClure. She was raised in the White Oak area northwest of Mt. Pleasant and attended Church and school there. She worked in the Candy Kitchen prior to marriage. On April 19, 1924 she was united in marriage to Charles David Swailes in the parsonage of the First Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant with Rev. Weston.
She was an active member of the First Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant for over 75 years. She began attending with her grandmother at age 19. She held many offices in Church Circles and taught beginning and junior classes. She was a member of the music mothers club and took a course in practical nursing.
Elsie was a bookkeeper and salesperson for the family Auto Parts business that she and Charles started in 1943 on Adams Street in Mt. Pleasant. She continued working there several years after her husband died in 1982.
Survivors include one son, Charles W. Swailes of Sun City CA; one daughter, Doris Taylor and husband Everett of Mt. Pleasant; one daughter-in-law Rama Swailes of Mt. Pleasant; one brother Robert McClure and wife Lucy of Mt. Pleasant; twelve grandchildren; twenty-six great-grandchildren and nineteen great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Charles, May 9, 1982, son Roger, infant daughter, Norma, three brothers, two sisters, a great-grandson and a great-great-granddaughter.
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