This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Swartz, Orf Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qg.2ADE/253 Message Board Post: Idaho State Journal, 03/28/02 MALAD — Ellen Alice Orf Swartz, 81, our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away on Monday, March 25, 2002, in the Oneida County Hospital. She was born August 29, 1920, in Pueblo, Colorado, a daughter of Bryan Michael and Ida Madalene Orf. She married Darrel G. Swartz on June 21, 1939, in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. Mr. Swartz passed away October 31, 1997. Her life was full and in her younger years she loved dancing. She was an enthusiastic reader. Ellen had a great talent in quilting and loved doing genealogy for her children and grandchildren. Her great joy came in organizing and having family get-togethers and vacations. She is survived by four sons, Bryan G. (Joan), Anthony David (Marcia), Maurice Vincent (Vicky), Tyler McKay (Katherine); 14 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, with four more on the way. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers and one sister. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 30, 2002, at noon in the Malad LDS Fourth Ward Chapel, 200 West 400 North. Friends may call at the Horsley Funeral Home, 132 W. 300 N., on Friday, March 29, from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Saturday at the funeral home from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Malad City Cemetery.