Submitted by: Dan Rich

Ollene Dagmar Swanson

Feb. 21, 1938 - March 20, 2003

South Bend Tribune 3/23/2003

Ollene Dagmar Swanson, 65, of Southern View Drive, South Bend, Ind., passed away in Memorial Hospital on Thursday, March 20, after a long and courageous battle against myelofibrosis. Mrs. Swanson was born Feb. 21, 1938, in South Bend, to the late Olle and Thelma (Dumont) Olsen, and was a lifelong resident of South Bend.

On Sept. 10, 1960, in South Bend, she married Roland R. Swanson, who survives. In addition to her husband, she leaves behind to mourn her loss a son, Eric (Kelly) Swanson of Macomb, Mich.; a daughter, Kristen (Bryan) Smith of South Bend; five grandchildren, Sarah, Hannah and Colin Swanson, and Peter and Annika Smith; a sister, Anita (Carl) Hunt of South Bend; a brother, Ronald (Patsy) Olsen of Wilson, Mich., and numerous nieces and nephews. She was a graduate of Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, Minn., and attended Ivy Tech State College and Indiana University of South Bend for 20 years. She was employed by the South Bend Community School Corporation. She was a member of the Evangelical Covenant Church, South Bend. A devoted wife, mother and grandmother, she took great pride in her family and was an enthusiastic traveler.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 24, in the Evangelical Covenant Church, 3025 E. Edison Road, South Bend, with Rev. Kendall Dahlstrom officiating. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, Ind. Friends may call from 2 to 6 p.m. today, March 23, in the Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William Street. Memorial contributions may be made to the church or to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 6214 Morenci Trail, Suite 290, Indianapolis, IN 46268.