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Otis C. "Pug" Swigert, 83, of Nampa, and
formerly of Parma, died Sunday, March 4, 1990, at a Nampa
nursing home of natural causes. Graveside services will
be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, at the Wilder
Cemetery. Pastor William Nelson of the Golden Gate
Baptist Church, Wilder, will officiate under the direction of
Dakan Funeral Chapel, Caldwell. Family and friends are
asked to gather at the cemetery.
Mr.
Swigert was born March 8, 1906, in Holbrook, Neb., the son of
George and Flora Zehner Swigert. He moved with his
family to Roswell, Idaho, at the age of 2 years, where he was
raised and educated. He then moved to Oregon in 1932,
and married Gladys Miller Aug. 27, 1932, in Baker, Ore.
Together they moved to Parma in 1942. They farmed and
ranched for a number of years in the Big Bend area near
Adrian, Ore. Mrs. Swigert died Sept. 18, 1977. On
Jan. 6, 1979, he married Murrell Campbell. They lived in
Parma for a while before moving to Sunny Ridge Manor in Nampa
where they had since resided.
Survivors
include his wife, Murrell Swigert of Nampa; a stepson, J.C.
Campbell of Caldwell; a sister, Evelyn Mauer of Wilder; his
nephews, Sam, Bernie and Bill Pollard, Leon Swigert and Bud
Prosser, his nieces, Edith Stutheit, Blanche Collins,
Katherine Knerr, Florence Hitchcock, Laura Brock, Flora Bell
and Carmen Reid; two grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren.
In addition to his
wife, Gladys, he was preceded in death by his parents, three
brothers, two sisters and four nephews.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Dakan Funeral
Chapel, Caldwell. |
