Obituary. Funeral services for Gustavus Franklin Swift, vice chairman of the board of Swift & Co., meat packers, will be held at 2:30 p.m. today in the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago. He died Thursday in his home at 1551 Astor Street. He was 62 years old. Mr. Swift entered the firm founded by his father when he was 17. Training in the operating department was followed by a transfer to the administrative department. Successively, he became vice president, president, and vice chairman. He leaves a widow, Marie; three daughters, Mrs. Richard Moore of Chicago, Mrs. Thomas Taylor and Mrs. Robert Spiel, both of Lake Forest, and a son, Gustavus Swift Jr., of Washington, D.C., besides three brothers, all identified with Swift & Co., and two sisters.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 30 Oct 1943, page 14
Contributor: Marlyn (47190362) • [email protected]
Obituary. Funeral services for Gustavus Franklin Swift, vice chairman of the board of Swift & Co., meat packers, will be held at 2:30 p.m. today in the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago. He died Thursday in his home at 1551 Astor Street. He was 62 years old. Mr. Swift entered the firm founded by his father when he was 17. Training in the operating department was followed by a transfer to the administrative department. Successively, he became vice president, president, and vice chairman. He leaves a widow, Marie; three daughters, Mrs. Richard Moore of Chicago, Mrs. Thomas Taylor and Mrs. Robert Spiel, both of Lake Forest, and a son, Gustavus Swift Jr., of Washington, D.C., besides three brothers, all identified with Swift & Co., and two sisters.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 30 Oct 1943, page 14
Contributor: Marlyn (47190362) • [email protected]
Family Members
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Louis Franklin Swift
1861–1937
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Edward Foster Swift
1863–1932
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Lincoln F.C. Swift
1865–1867
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Annie May Swift
1867–1889
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Helen Louise Swift Neilson
1869–1945
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Charles Henry Swift
1873–1948
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Herbert Lincoln "Bert" Swift
1875–1911
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George Hastings Swift
1878–1951
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Ruth May Swift Maguire
1883–1945
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Harold Higgins Swift
1885–1962
