John Calvin Swofford's FAMILY; (4 April, 1917 to Aug. 1986)

1945; Married to Ruth; Carbondale Free Press | Carbondale, Illinois | Thursday, May 10, 1945 (Please see newspaper Article).

1947; Carbondale Free Press | Carbondale, Illinois | Thursday, October 09, 1947
TWIN DAUGHTERS BORN

BIRTH; Mr. and Mrs. John C. Swofford. Jr., of St. Louis announce the birth of. twin daughters Tuesday, October 7, at 11:55., p. m. in The Deacones Hospital there. Mrs. Swofford was formerly Miss Ruth,
Donyette Hiltenbrandt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Hiltentbandt, of St. Louis. Mr. Swofford is the son of John C. Swofford, Sr., and the late

Mrs. Swofford of Carbondale.

1920 Census; /De Soto, Jackson, Illinois; Roll: T625_376; Page: 8B;
Enumeration District: 53
Household Members: Name Age
John C Swafford 39
Olga Swafford 28

John C Swafford 2 *

1930 Census; /Carbondale, Jackson, Illinois; Roll: 520; Page: 1A; Enumeration
District: 4;
Household Members: Name Age
John C Swofford 49
Olga L Swofford 38

John C Swofford 12 *

1940 Census; /Carbondale, Jackson, Illinois; Roll: T627814; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 39-8 Household Members: Name Age John Swofford 59 Olga L Swofford 47 John Swofford 22 *_

JOHN's MOTHER; Carbondale Free Press | Carbondale, Illinois | Thursday, October 02, 1947 |
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Mrs. John Swofford Dies At Hospital; Funeral Sunday
Mrs. Olga Lee Swofford, 314 W. Jackson St., wife of John C. Swofford,
died at Holden hospital at 5:40 a. m. today at the age of 56.

Besides her husband she is survived by a son, John C. Jr.; two
brothers, S. H. Lee of Portland, Ore., and Norman I. Lee of Covington,
Ky.. and a sister, Mrs. P. C. Meyer of Benton.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p. m. Sunday in the First
Methodist church with the Revs. Clyde S. Clark and C. C. Hall officiating.
Burial will be in Benton,

The body is at the Huffman Funeral home, and friends may call
after 2 p. m. Friday.

Mrs. Swofford has been a resident of Carbondale for 27 years.

1947; Carbondale Free Press | Carbondale, Illinois | Thursday, October 09, 1947
IN MEMORIUM

On the nineteenth day of September Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-One, in La
Crosse, Wisconsin,
Ogla Elfreda Lee, daughter of Otto and Emma Lee was born, and on the second
day of October
nineteen Hundred Forty-Seven, entered into rest, at the Holden Hospital.

She was married to John C. Swofford, on the fifteenth day of April Nineteen
Hundred and Sixteen.
To this union was born one son,John.C. Swofford, Jr.; who survives her. She
is also survived
by her husband, two Brothers, Sigurd Lee, of Portland, Oregon, Norman Lee,
of Covington, Kentucky
and one sister, Mrs. P. C. Meyer, of Benton, Illinois.

Early in life she united with the Lutheran Church in the City of her birth,
and since making her home
in Carbondale, as long as her health permitted, took part in the activities
of the Methodist Church.

The passing of Olga Swofford from the midst of her friends has removed one
of the beloved personages
of our City. Those who had the privilege of knowing her intimately, knew
an individual with infectuous
lovableness; knew that she made and kept stead-fast friends; that she was a
good woman; a woman of faith,
loyalty, devotion, honor and love.

She bore her illness wonderfully and heroically. She sweetly greeted those
who visited her, but
everyone who, lives must die. To one's own home one is but on a visit,
never knowing but that she
may be gone tomorrow, but knowing all this, dear Mrs. Swofford had the
Faith, that while death can
blot out physical life, yet the Spirit is Eternal, How blessed now to feel
that she is safe in the arms of
Jesus, who, giveth His beloved sleep

Death is another life, We bow our head,
At going out, we think and enter straight
Another golden chamber of the Kings;
Larger than this we leave and lovelier
Then in shadowy glimpses, disconnect
The story flower like closes thus its leaves

The Will of God is All in All.