Obit: Swartling, Benjamin J. (1902 - 1976)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Swartling, Hare, Rhoades, Mack, Nagle, Critzman, Marx

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 7/15/1976

Swartling, Benjamin J. (17 May 1902 – 4 July 1976)

Funeral services were held July 7 from Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Alma Center, for Benjamin J. Swartling, 74, of Merrillan, who died July 4, at Black River Memorial Hospital. The Rev. Joseph Marx officiated, and burial as made in Holy Cross Cemetery at Trempealeau. Arrangements were made by the Jensen Funeral home, Hixton.

Mr. Swartling, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Swartling, was born May 17, 1902, in Trempealeau. His marriage to the former Bernice Hare took place September 3. 1924, at Galesville. Mrs. Swartling preceded her husband in death on May 26 of this year.

Mr. Swartling was a contractor for mail delivery on star routes for 40 years. He began with a route from Trempealeau to Ettrick and later carried mail with his sons on routes from Merrillan to Winona and Eau Claire to Tomah. He had lived in Merrillan since 1947 and had also lived in Winona for six years.

Surviving are two sons, Ronald of Winona and Leo of Throckmorton, Tx.; two daughters, Joyce Rhoades of Merrillan and Janice Mack of Eau Claire; three brothers, Harry, William and Leonard, all of Trempealeau; three sisters, Mrs. Woodrow Nagle of Winona, Julia Swartling and Mrs. Dale Critzman, both of Trempealeau; and 19 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.