Germaine: My brother lives in Brooklyn, IA so I asked him to look up the obit for you. This what he sent. Dale F Swatosh Funeral services were held Saturaday afternoon, Aug 1 at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell for Dale F Swatosh, 80, of Grinnell, who died Wednesday, July 29, 1998, of congestive heart failure, at Friendship Manor in Grinnell. The Rev Del Dawes, pastor of the United Methodist Church of Grinnell officiated. Organist was Mrs Margaret Wheeler, and casket bearers were Stacy Butler, Neal Griggs, Clinton Heishman, Richard Heishman, Sheri Lowe, Steve Lowe, and Dr. Philip McCune. Burial was in the Brooklyn Cemetery. Dale was born on July 9, 1918 at Brooklyn, to Frank and Carrie Palmer Swatosh. He was raised in Brooklyn and graduated with the class of 1938 from Brooklyn High School. In July of 1945 he was married to Opal McConnell at the Trinity Lutheran parsonage near Grinnell. The couple farmed near Brooklyn and Grinnell. In 1955, he became employed with Miracle Recreation Company, and retired in 1982. He was preceded in death by his parents; his companion, Ruth Miller; one daughter, Judith Swatosh; one son, William Swatosh, and three grandchildren preceded him in death. Survivors include his daughters, Emily Lowe and Joyce Swatosh, both of Grinnell, and Cindy Powell of Joplin, MO; two sons, Duane of Jasper, MO, and Claire of Joplin, MO; several grandchildren and great grand-children; and one sister, Betty Marsh of Sabula. On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 15:58:22 -0500 "Germaine Barrett" <gbarrett2@comcast.net> writes: > Hello Iowa... > Dale SWATOSH > 8 July 1918 29 July 1998 > Brooklyn, Poweshiek, Iowa > I do have a copy of the Social Security Death Index... > I need to connect him to my other SWATOSH names of Iowa.. > Like to find his parents name & siblings.. > Like to locate an Obituary... > Thank You for any help.. > Germaine.. > > > ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== > The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub > instructions, list rules and other useful information. > Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > > ============================== > OneWorldTree - The World's largest family tree. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13971/rd.ashx > >