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- (Research):Gospel Herald - Volume 80, Number 35 - September 1, 1987, pages 628, 630.
Swartzendruber.- Lena Keim, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Heimbuch) Keim, was born at Arthur, Ill., June 2, 1898; died of heart failure at Bay Medical Center, Bay City, Mich., Aug. 5, 1987; aged 89 y. On Dec. 17, 1919, she was married to George Swartzendruber, who died on Aug. 7, 1967. Surviving are 2 daughters (Velma Esch and Edna Gascho), 2 sons (Edwin and Glen), one stepdaughter (Katie Albrecht), 26 grandchildren, 64 great-grandchildren, and 18 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one stepson (Lawrence Swartzendruber), 3 brothers (Abe, Jonas, and Noah), and one half sister (Erma Kauffman). She was a member of Pigeon River Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Aug. 8, in charge of Wayne Keim and Luke Yoder; interment in the church cemetery.
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