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  Name Lorene Swanson
Date Of Birth 1/23/1918 
Date Of Death 7/6/2010 
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Funeral services for Lorene Adelle Swanson, 92, of Stanton, Ia, were held on Friday, July 9th, 2010, at 10 a.m. at Mamrelund Lutheran Church in Stanton. Burial was at Mamre Cemetery. Rev. Dr. Eric Kutzli officiated.
Lorene, the daughter of A. Frank and Vina (Lundberg) Sederburg was born January 23, 1918, in Montgomery County, Iowa south of Red Oak. She passed away on Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the Stanton Care Center, Stanton, Iowa at the age of 92 years, 5 months and 13 days. Lorene was raised between Nyman and Essex. She graduated from Red Oak High School in l937, and attended Red Oak Junior College. Lorene taught country school before she was united in marriage to Clifford M. Swanson on March 12, 1939, at the home of her parents in Page County, Iowa. They lived on a farmed in Page County for a couple years before Clifford entered the U.S. Army. After his discharge they farmed in the Stanton area many years before moving into Stanton in 1963. Lorene had worked at the Union Carbide Battery Company in Red Oak and Security State Bank in Stanton. She also spent many years as cook for the Stanton School System. Lorene was a member of the Mamrelund Lutheran Church and American Legion Auxiliary Ernie Johnson Post #406 in Stanton. She was an excellent cook and always had a smile on her face. Lorene was preceded in death by her parents, husband: Clifford on November 2, 1999; brother: Ray and 3 sisters: Marjorie, Fern and Violet.
Lorene is survived by two sons: Larry Swanson and wife Sue of Lenexa, KS and Jerry Swanson and wife Cathy of Red Oak, IA; 5 grandchildren: Doug and Angie Swanson of Collinwood, TN; Cori and Craig Kalinowski of San Carlos, CA; Laurie and Jeff VanScoy of Red Oak, IA; Wendy and David Ensley of Glenwood, IA; Heidi and Aaron Wendt of Red Oak, IA; 14 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren; sister: Mrs. Nadine Johnson of Stanton, IA; nieces, nephews, along with other relatives and friends. Memorials are suggested to Mamrelund Lutheran Church.
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Sellergren-Lindell - DeMarce Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.