Glenn Paul Swanson

Glenn Paul Swanson

Male 1911 - 1982  (71 years)


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  • Name Glenn Paul Swanson  [1, 2
    Birth 18 Feb 1911  Chelan, Chelan County, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 Aug 1982  Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Chelan, Chelan County, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I50212  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Paul Swanson,   b. 2 Aug 1867, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1945, Chelan, Chelan County, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Isabel "Etta" Yerdon,   b. 13 Feb 1880, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1945, Chelan County, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F16333  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruby Luella Knowles,   b. 26 Apr 1921, Chelan, Chelan County, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1996, Chelan, Chelan County, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Children 
     1. Dennis Swanson  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Judy Swanson  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Gary Glenn Swanson,   b. 15 Nov 1945, Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 2012, Chelan, Chelan County, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Gloria Gail Swanson,   b. 4 Aug 1953   d. 12 Sep 2014 (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F16272  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Glenn P Swanson, 71, a lifelong resident of Chelan, died Wednesday evening at Central Washington Hospital.

      He was born Feb. 18, 1911, at Chelan and attended school in the Boyd district. For several years he was active in ranching. ON Feb. 26, 1939, he married Ruby Knowles at Chelan.

      Mr. Swanson was employed as a carpenter in construction for 35 years and worked on several of the hydroelectric projects in the area. From 1972 until 1975, he was employed by Lake Chelan Community Hospital. From 1975 until his retirement in 1979, he managed the Lake Chelan Community Apartments.

      Survivors include his wife, Ruby, at home; two sons, Gary, Chelan, and Dennis, East Wenatchee; two daughters, Judy Knapp, Lynnwood, and Gloria Swanson, Rathdrum, Idaho; one sister, Elsie ST. Luise, Chelan; and three grandchildren.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1141] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;;;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Boyd, Chelan, Washington; Roll: T625_1921; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 15.
      Record for Loretta Swanson
      http:search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=71143974&indiv=try

    2. [S482] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;), Database online.
      Record for Ruby Luella Swanson
      http:search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=30391711847&indiv=try