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Lois Swan

August 28, 1933 — November 29, 2010

Lois Elaine Swan, 77 of Wayland, Iowa died Monday, November 29, 2010 after a courageous battle with lung disease at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, IA. She was surrounded by her loving family.



Funeral Services have been set for 2:00 PM Friday, December 3, 2010 at the Wayland Methodist Church with Pastor Linda Renkin officiating. Burial will be in the Center Township Cemetery. Visitation will begin at Noon Thursday at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with family receiving friends from 4-7:00 PM. In Lieu of flowers memorials may be designated to the American Lung Association.



Lois was born August 28, 1933 in Milford, NE., the daughter of Nicholas and Barbara Ellen (Miller) Roth. She graduated from Wayland High School and was united in marriage to Herb Swan on October 19, 1952 at the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church.



Lois was a faithful member of the Wayland Methodist Church. She was employed as a CNA for 20 years at the Henry County Hospital and also helped her husband on the farm. Her greatest love was her family. She was a housewife and loving mom. Every morning she could be found reading her daily devotional and her Holy Bible. Severe lung disease severely limited any activity over the last several years, despite that she always had a smile on her face.



Survivors include her husband Herb of Wayland and children: Greta Fisk and husband Richard of Cedar Rapids, IA, Curtis Swan and wife Pam and their children Candace and Kyle and great granddaughter Alisha of Soldotna, Alaska, Cynthia Webb and husband Gary and their children Gary and Jenna of Blue Grass, IA, Donna Fanning and husband Darrell and their children Danell, Darren and Sara of Cedar Falls, IA, Doug Swan and wife Lori of Washington, IA and their children Derek, Brooke and Lauren, Scott Swan and wife Bobbie of Houston, TX and their children Morgan and Mackenzie, brother Owen Roth of Washington; sister Kathryn Nebel and husband Gerald of Wayland, IA.



She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Neal Roth, sister Doris Graber and grandchild Jamie Swan.

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