DEXTER -- Edna Swindell, 92, died Monday, April 20, 1998, at the Beverly Health Center in Dexter.
She was born Jan. 24, 1906, daughter of John and Ada Crews Watkins in Bloomfield. She was married to John Swindell. He died Nov. 2, 1961.
She spent most of her life in the Bloomfield community, where she was a housewife and had worked at Elder Manufacturing Co. She attended the Bible Tabernacle Church in Bloomfield.
Survivors include a sister, Virgie Cox of Granite City, Ill., and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by four brothers and five sisters.
Friends may call at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield after 9 a.m. Wednesday. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Kenneth Gaines officiating. Burial will follow in the George Cemetery near Bloomfield.
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