JOHN SWANK, Obituary

CHESTER John Harvey Swank, 92, Chester, died Thursday, July 4, 2002, at a Great Falls care center, where he'd lived since suffering a stroke in March.

Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Chester United Methodist Church. Interment of ashes will be at the Chester Cemetery.

John was born April 29, 1910, near Nappannee, Ind., to Rosa Wyman Swank and Charles A. Swank. He was one of 15 children. The Swank family moved to Chester when John was 1 years old. He grew up on the homestead and received his early education at a country school near Black Coulee. He finished his schooling in Che...