MARRIAGE: Gladys Angie Allen, July 18, 1935, Renssilear, NY

CHILDREN:

Janice Ann Swallow
William Edwin Swallow II

OCCUPATION: Owner - Swallow's Garage, Cherry Street, Spencer, Worcester Co., MA. I have been told that after work Bill Swallow and his friends and family used to sit around an old pot belly stove and drink coffee. There were many a night that the Mayor of Spencer and the Town Selectmen sat in that garage and drank coffee.

OBITUARY:

Worcester Telgram Gazette, December 24, 1972.

SPENCER - William E. Swallow, Sr., 79, of 7 Spring St. died Friday at his home.

He was born in North Andover, a son of George H. and Sarah (Morris) Swallow.

He was an automotive mechanic operating his own garage in Spencer for Many years, retiring 11 years ago.

He was a member of Gaudette-Kirk Post. American Legion. International Order of Odd Fellows Goodwill Lodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Brookfield and the First United Methodist Church of Spencer. He was a veteran of World War I.

He leaves his widow, Gladys (Allen) Swallow; a son, William E. Swallow, Jr., and a daughter, Miss. Janice A. Swallow, both of Worcester; two brothers, Harold Swallow of Tequesta, Fla. and George Swallow of Brunswick, Maine; four sisters, Miss Lavinia Swallow, Mrs. Bertha Gleason, and Mrs. Mildred Putnam, all of Spencer and Mrs. Ruth Eastwood of Worcester; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Clark Funeral Home, 163 Main St. The Rev. Carl Mills will officiate. Burial will be in Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton.

Calling hours at the funeral home are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American Cancer Society or the Heart Association.

William Swallow was a man of great character. A mentor to my father, he taught him how to fix cars. My father loved him and admired him very much.

I did not know my Great Uncle Bill, but many years after his death I heard many stories about how special he was. Not only from family, but others in the Town of Spencer. One man told me he was the first man in town to have electric lights.

He was the godfather to my sister - Holly Swallow Carmack.

SIBLINGS:

1. William Edwin Swallow
2. Ruth Inez Swallow
3. Ethel Beatrice Swallow
4. Harold Earl Swallow
5. Sarah Lavinia Swallow
6. Bertha Agnes Swallow
7. Mildred Hannah Swallow
8. Emily Salina Swallow
9. Elizabeth Viola Swallow
10. George Henry Swallow, III