It appears that Edwin was raised by his grandmother Mary Gilbert. In the Wapello County, Iowa, Census for 1910, Edward, age 4, was living in his grandmother Mary Gilbert's house in Ottumwa. In the 1920 census for Scott County, Iowa, Mary and Edward were both living in the home of Jess J. and Lucile Fox in Rockingham. Lucile was also Mary's daughter.
I checked Edwin's death record at the Wapello County Court House, and it stated he was buried in Elm Lawn, Elmhurst, Illinois.
Obituary From "Ottumwa Courier," January 21, 1977:
Edwin M. Swearingen, 71, of Good Samaritan Center, died Thursday at 1:25 a.m. at Ottumwa Hospital.
He was born July 1, 1905, in Muscatine County to John and Eri [sic] Gilbert Swearingen. He was a retired machinist who lived in Chicago for 50 years. He moved to Ottumwa in 1972.
He married Gladys Heaver in Chicago. She died in 1971.
Surviving are one sister, Opal Belger of Ottumwa; and his stepmother, Edna Nelson of Ottumwa.
The body was taken from the Johnson Funeral Chapel to the Henry W. Mueller Funeral Home in Chicago for funeral services and burial.
I checked Edwin's death record at the Wapello County Court House, and it stated he was buried in Elm Lawn, Elmhurst, Illinois.
Obituary From "Ottumwa Courier," January 21, 1977:
Edwin M. Swearingen, 71, of Good Samaritan Center, died Thursday at 1:25 a.m. at Ottumwa Hospital.
He was born July 1, 1905, in Muscatine County to John and Eri [sic] Gilbert Swearingen. He was a retired machinist who lived in Chicago for 50 years. He moved to Ottumwa in 1972.
He married Gladys Heaver in Chicago. She died in 1971.
Surviving are one sister, Opal Belger of Ottumwa; and his stepmother, Edna Nelson of Ottumwa.
The body was taken from the Johnson Funeral Chapel to the Henry W. Mueller Funeral Home in Chicago for funeral services and burial.
It appears that Edwin was raised by his grandmother Mary Gilbert. In the Wapello County, Iowa, Census for 1910, Edward, age 4, was living in his grandmother Mary Gilbert's house in Ottumwa. In the 1920 census for Scott County, Iowa, Mary and Edward were both living in the home of Jess J. and Lucile Fox in Rockingham. Lucile was also Mary's daughter.
I checked Edwin's death record at the Wapello County Court House, and it stated he was buried in Elm Lawn, Elmhurst, Illinois.
Obituary From "Ottumwa Courier," January 21, 1977:
Edwin M. Swearingen, 71, of Good Samaritan Center, died Thursday at 1:25 a.m. at Ottumwa Hospital.
He was born July 1, 1905, in Muscatine County to John and Eri [sic] Gilbert Swearingen. He was a retired machinist who lived in Chicago for 50 years. He moved to Ottumwa in 1972.
He married Gladys Heaver in Chicago. She died in 1971.
Surviving are one sister, Opal Belger of Ottumwa; and his stepmother, Edna Nelson of Ottumwa.
The body was taken from the Johnson Funeral Chapel to the Henry W. Mueller Funeral Home in Chicago for funeral services and burial.
I checked Edwin's death record at the Wapello County Court House, and it stated he was buried in Elm Lawn, Elmhurst, Illinois.
Obituary From "Ottumwa Courier," January 21, 1977:
Edwin M. Swearingen, 71, of Good Samaritan Center, died Thursday at 1:25 a.m. at Ottumwa Hospital.
He was born July 1, 1905, in Muscatine County to John and Eri [sic] Gilbert Swearingen. He was a retired machinist who lived in Chicago for 50 years. He moved to Ottumwa in 1972.
He married Gladys Heaver in Chicago. She died in 1971.
Surviving are one sister, Opal Belger of Ottumwa; and his stepmother, Edna Nelson of Ottumwa.
The body was taken from the Johnson Funeral Chapel to the Henry W. Mueller Funeral Home in Chicago for funeral services and burial.
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