Swaim - Mabel Wood
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 23 Oct 1967 p 2 typed by Walt W/Chris M
MARSHALL -- Mabel W. Swaim, lifelong resident of Parke County and author of her family's genealogy chart, died Sunday at her home on Rt. 1, Marshall where she was born 78 years before. She had been in failing health for the last few years. Mrs. Swaim devoted over 10 years of her life in the preparation of a detailed account of the Swaim ancestors and their history in the United States and Parke County. She was a member of the Parke County Senior Citizens Club and the Bloomingdale Friends Church. A daughter of Seth and Nannie Swaim Wood, she was born on May 16, 1889. She was married on Nov. 28, 1907, to Archie L. Swaim who survives. Also surviving are three sons, Donald of Evanston, Ill., Gene of Rockville and Hugh of Capistrano, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. George Eutzler, of Osceola, Ind.; a niece whom the couple reared from childhood, Mrs. Owen Harvey of Bellmore; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Bloomingdale Friends Church with Rev. Fred Stewart officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Rockville. Friends may call at the Davies-Tudor Funeral Home in Marshall after noon Tuesday. The body will be taken to the church at 1 p.m. Wednesday.