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Peggy
Swanson, 43
Thief
River Falls - Peggy Swanson, 43, died on
Wednesday, February 26, 2003 at Northwest Medical
Center in Thief River Falls.
Funeral
services were held on 
Tuesday,
March 4 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Thief River
Falls with the Rev. Dennis Raymond officiating. Ida
Nordvall was the organist and Diane Johnson was the
soloist. Casketbearers were Jerry Altendorf, Mike
Swanson, David Swanson, Richard Forness, Sam
Forness and Jim Forness.
Peggy
Ann Forness was born on August 4, 1959, the
daughter of Donald and Lois (Jones) Forness in Ely.
She was baptized at the Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church in Babbitt and attended elementary school
and high school in Babbitt. Following high school,
she attended Vermillion Community College in
Ely.
On
July 23, 1986, she was united in marriage to Steven
E. Swanson. The couple made their home in Embarrass
until 1990, when they moved to Drayton, N.D. and
Hazen, N.D. for six years. In 1996, they moved to
Thief River Falls.
Peggy
worked as the city forrester in Hazen, N.D. and was
a caretaker for an elderly woman in Drayton, N.D.
While living in Thief River Falls, she worked at
Lincoln High School as a cleaner and in the welding
department at Arctic Cat, Inc. Most recently, Peggy
worked as a lunch caterer for the Evergreen. She
enjoyed fishing, snowmobiling and gardening. Peggy
loved spending time with her four grandchildren.
She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary in
Babbitt.
Survivors
include her husband, Steve; two daughters, Robin
(Aaron) Myers of Thief River Falls and Toni Slining
of Thief River Falls; four grandchildren; her
parents, Lois Church of Pillager, Ore. and Donald
Forness of Seattle, Wash.; three brothers, Richard
Forness of Ely, Sam Forness of Marysville, Wash.
and Jimmy Forness of Elko, Nev.; one sister, Evelyn
Conor of Everett, Wash.; two half-sisters, Sandra
Mecham of Medford, Ore. and Pam Kachmarzinski of
Rochester; and several nieces and
nephews.
Peggy
was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Jenny
Lynn Slining; her step-father, Al Church; and her
grandparents.
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