Walter Alfred (Buck) Swoffer

Walter Alfred (Buck) Swoffer

Male 1887 - 1971  (83 years)

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  • Name Walter Alfred (Buck) Swoffer  [1
    Birth 25 Sep 1887  Walnut Grove, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    _UID 1204F2E9CD2E47F2A12205CF9543B023670A 
    Death 30 Jul 1971  Walnut Grove, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I3134  Larry and Jane's Family Tree
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2017 

    Father Alfred Swoffer,   b. 20 Oct 1845, Margate, , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1917, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Augusta Walsh,   b. 11 Jul 1858, , Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1887, Walnut Grove, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Family ID F1159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Henrietta Louise (Etta) Gerlicher,   b. 7 Jul 1887, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1975, Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jan 1911  Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Gretchen Louise Swoffer,   b. 1 Oct 1911, Walnut Grove, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1987, Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     2. Walter John (Jack) Swoffer,   b. 24 Feb 1913, Walnut Grove, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1988, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     3. Richard Stanley Swoffer,   b. 15 Jun 1915, Walnut Grove, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1986, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     4. Alfred Herman Swoffer,   b. 31 Jan 1917, Walnut Grove, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1992, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     5. Edward Roscoe Swoffer,   b. 24 Jan 1919, Walnut Grove, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1993, Binghamton, Broome County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     6. Mary Jane Swoffer,   b. 10 May 1921, Walnut Grove, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 2005, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     7. Patricia Ann Swoffer,   b. 23 Dec 1924   d. 28 Jan 2019, , , Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     8. Living
    Family ID F1133  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Sep 1887 - Walnut Grove, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Jan 1911 - Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Jul 1971 - Walnut Grove, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Walter Alfred Swoffer
    Walter Alfred Swoffer

  • Notes 
    • Walnut Grove Tribune, August 5, 1971

      Funeral for W. A. Swoffer Held Tuesday

      Funeral services for W. A. "Buck" Swoffer were held on Tuesday morning, August 3,1971, at the Walnut Grove United Methodist Church. The Rev. Hugh Stephenson officiated. Douglas Dahms was soloist and Mrs. Gene Munson organist.
      Mr. Swoffer died of a heart attack at his home Friday morning, July 30th.
      Honorary pall bearers were Alfred Hendrickson, R. A. Bertelson, Arthur Lund, Walter Wiggins, Walter J. Andersen and Wm. A. Kuehl.
      Pallbearers were Carl A. Peterson, Charles Rys, Vernon D. Nelson, Walter Nelson, Mike Maguire and Steve Ourada. Interment was in the Walnut Grove cemetery.
      He is survived by his wife; eight children, Mrs. C. W. (Gretchen) Guelzow of Cocoa Beach, Florida; W. J. (Jack) Swoffer of Minneapolis; Richard S. Swoffer of Walnut Grove; Alfred H. Swoffer of Seattle, Wash.; Edward R. Swoffer of Binghamton, New York; Mrs. Howard (Mary) Egge of Universal City, Texas; Mrs. C. Elton (Patricia) Lund of Roseville; and Mrs. George (Joanne) Hopkins of San Jose, California.
      He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Keith (Fanny) Boulden of Larimore, No. Dak.
      A lifelong resident of the comunity [sic], he was born September 25, 1887, at Walnut Grove, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Swoffer. He attended the Walnut Grove schools and graduated from the School of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota in 1906.
      Mr. Swoffer spent several years surveying in the Arizona and New Mexico territories and the upper Minnesota River.
      On January 2, 1911, he was married to Henrietta Gerlicher at Winona. Mr. Swoffer was a partner in the Swoffer and Swoffer Elevator here for 41 years until he retired.
      Mr. Swoffer served on the Walnut Grove school board for many years and was a director of the Citizens State Bank.
      He was affiliated with the United Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge and the Shrine.
      Mr. and Mrs. Swoffer observed their 60th wedding anniversary this year.
      Mr. Swoffer's father, Alfred Swoffer, and Walter J. Swoffer homesteaded a few miles north of Lamberton in 1870, coming from England. In 1882, the two brothers came to Walnut Grove and started a general merchandise business and in 1892 went into the grain business here
      [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S480] Brian Swoffer, Swoffer, Brian, (Great-grandson of Sophia Staack e-mail bswoffer@isd.net), 17 Jan 2002 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S15] Miriam G. Hayden, Editor, The Gerlicher Story, (Published by The Kimm Printing Company, Vancouver, Washington, 1972), 29 Jan 2002, p. 78 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S748] Wrightson, RickRick Wrightson, Wrightson, Rick, (https://www.wrightson.org/Genealogy/wc02/wc02_102.html : 2014), 19 Dec 2017, ) (Reliability: 3).



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