This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Swan, Perkins, Kilius, Swantz Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CY.2ADI/250 Message Board Post: >From the Ventura County Star Ventura, California (Ventura County) Sunday, March 24, 2002 Simi Valley Melvin A. Swan, 88, of Simi Valley died Friday, March 22, 2002, at his home, in the company of his loving wife, Irma. Melvin was born April 22, 1913, in Hendricks, Minn., and had been a Ventura County resident of the past 54 years. He spent his career with the U. S. civil service and retired from Point Mugu as the manager of the metrology lab. Melvin was a member of the Simi Valley Elks Lodge. He is survived by his wife, Irma; son, Melvin W. Swan of Oxnard; daughter, Marilyn Perkins of Anaheim, Calif.; stepson, Raymond Kilius of Oxnard; brothers, Howard Swantz of Paradise, Calif. and Ralph Swantz of Brainard, Minn.; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Private graveside services will be held at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura.