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Elvera Katherine Swartout Johnson

20 Sep 1914 – 27 Apr 2004

Birth	20 Sep 1914
Death	27 Apr 2004
Cemetery	Evergreen Memorial Gardens Brainerd , Crow Wing County , Minnesota , USA
Added by	Laura (Matten-Johnson) Segrin on 09 Sep 2009
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40953331

Bio

MN birth certificate 1914-07272 Elvera K. Johnson, age 89, resident of Brainerd, died Tuesday, April 27, 2004, at St. Joseph's Medical Center. She was born on Sept. 22, 1914, in Nokay Lake Township to Wesley and Gina (Pedersen) Swartout. Elvera attended Faith Baptist Church. She enjoyed her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also enjoyed cooking, baking homemade bread and crocheting. Elvera Bescheinen, owned the Log Cabin Cafe. She is dearly loved by her family. Survivors include her children, Donna (Bob) Luehring of Coon Rapids, Delores (Marv) Schultz of Baxter, Murvin Wickham of Brainerd, Gert Kuschel of Brainerd, Yvonne (Ken) Ellstrom of Brainerd; 19 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; 17 great-great-grandchildren; brother Herbert Swartout of Virginia, Minn.; sisters Gudrun Johnson of Brainerd, Della Shanks of Brainerd, and Pearl Miller of Brainerd. She was preceded in death by three husbands, Clarence Wickham, Rudy Bescheinen and Ed Johnson; her parents; three brothers John, Earl and Ernie; sister Marcella; twin infant boys; grandsons Jody Ellstrom and Loren Wickham; and great-grandson Chad High. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 1, 2004, at Faith Baptist Church in Brainerd with Pastor Jim Goodew officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Brainerd. Visitation will be the hour before services at Faith Baptist Church. Brainerddispatch.com Thursday, April 29, 2004

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Family

Parents

• Gina H Pedersen Swartout 1883–1968 FaG
• Wesley Samuel Swartout 1888–1970 FaG

Spouse

• Rudolph Henry Bescheinen 1909–1976 FaG
• Clarence A Wickham 1910–1982

Siblings

• John Alfred Swartout Sr 1911–1993 FaG
• Earl Wesley Swartout 1912–1976 FaG
• Herbert Harold "Herb" Swartout 1916–2006 FaG
• Gudrun Dorothy Swartout Johnson 1918–2021 FaG
• Ernest L "Ernie" Swartout 1920–2002 FaG
• Marcella Winifred Swartout Albertson 1923–1998 FaG
• Della Rosella Swartout Shanks 1925–2008 FaG

Children

• Delores A "Dee" Wickham Schultz 1934–2022
• Murvin Wesley Wickham 1935–2017 FaG

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