Roy E. Swenson

Roy E. Swenson was born May 14, 1907 at Eglon Township, Clay County, Minnesota to Adolph and Matilda Sjoman Swenson. He grew up there and attended rural country school District #15, near Solem Church. Roy married Muriel Lord on March 13, 1930 at Eksjo Lutheran Church, near Lake Park, Minnesota. He was a dairy farmer in Eglon Township from 1930 until 1956 when they moved into Hawley. He sold real estate and insurance from 1956 until his retirement in 1980. Roy was a life long member of Eksjo Lutheran Church. Roy died Monday, April 12, 2004, at St. Mary's Hospital in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, at the age of 96. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Mildred, and a brother, Carl.He is survived by his wife, Muriel Swenson, Hawley, MN; one son, Duane Mavis Swenson, Hawley, MN; one daughter, Diane Robert Arnold, Osage, MN; one sister, Margaret Wipf, Minot, ND; seven grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.