SWAILES, Wilson Woodrow: Died 1990

SWAILES, SCARFF, HEARE, PHILIPS, WORKMAN, GILBERT

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Date: 1/2/2025 at 21:20:50

Mt P News
1990 MY 1

Wilson Woodrow Swailes

Mr. Wilson Woodrow Swailes, 74, 509 E. Green, Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, April 30, 1990, at 3:50 p.m. at University Hospitals, Iowa City.

He was born March 22, 1916, in Henry County, the son of Frank David and Mary E. Scarff Swailes.

On Dec. 4, 1939, in Kahoka, Mo., he married Clara M. Heare.

He owned and managed a service station at Stockport for 20 years. He was then employed by IAAP, Burlington.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Garry (Sandra) Philips, Stockport, and Dr. Linda Workman, Cincinnati, Ohio; a sister, Mrs. Frances Gilbert, Ingleside, Ill.; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were his parents; three brothers, Charles, Roy and George; and three sisters, Elsa, Nina and Lillian.

Graveside services will be held Thursday, May 3, at 10 a.m. at Spencer Cemetery near Stockport, with the Rev. David Kennedy officiating.

The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, at the Beatty-Wilkins Funeral Home.

Family and friends will meet at the funeral home at 9 a.m. Thursday to go to the cemetery.

Memorials have been established to the Stockport Heritage Society, Stockport Library, Morris Park, or Stockport First Responders.

Source: "Scrapbook 1989 - 1990", Pg. 680,
Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., IA