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Graveside services for Letitia R. "Tish" Swarthout, 79, of
Melba Route 1, who died Saturday, April 9, at a Boise
hospital. will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Melba
Cemetery by Bishop Conrad G. Zeyer, Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, under the direction of Flahiff Funeral
Chapel of Nampa.
She was born April 28,
1903, at Idaho Falls, and attended grade school there before
moving with her family to Boise where she completed her
education. She married Loyd George Swarthout July 9,
1921, at Boise where they made their home until moving to
Melba in 1944 where they engaged in an electrical contracting
business and later farmed. Mr. Swarthout died Sept. 4,
1964. She was a member of the LDS church, the Walters
Butte Grange, the Royal Neighbors of America and the American
Legion Auxiliary.
She is survived by
one son, Claude R. Swarthout, Boise; one daughter, Virginia
Whaley, Salt Lake City, Utah; eight grandchildren, three
great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
One brother and three sisters preceded her in death.
Memorials may be made to the Melba Community Auction.
Friends may call at Flahiff Funeral Chapel of Nampa until 9
p.m. today; from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday; and may meet at
the cemetery for services. |
