Harvey A. Sweger, 501 West Church Street, died this Friday morning April 12, 1946, at 8:40 at the Evangelical Deaconess Hospital where he had been a patient for the past week.

Mr. Sweger was born in Perry County, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1870, the son of Elkanah and Ellen (Ricedorf) Sweger. He spent his early childhood in that community, moving to Illinois when he was 19 years old. On August 22, 1894, he married Mae Edith Stanley, and they celebrated their golden wedding in 1944. They moved to Marshalltown in 1935.

For many years he was employed by the DeLaval Separator Company, also with the Hutchinson and Furnas Ice Cream Company, Des Moines, and with the Marshall Ice Cream company in this city.

Surviving are his widow; two daughters Mrs. C.E. Marshall of this city, and Mrs. Harold Bankson of Arlington, Virginia; one son, Private Charles S. Sweger of Fort Knox, Kentucky, who prior to entering the service lived in Des Moines; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two children, one brother and one sister.

He has been an elder of the Presbyterian Church for the past 10 years.

Funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Monday in charge of Rev. C. Wayne Overholser. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Marshalltown, Iowa. The body will remain at the Estel Funeral home where friends may call until Monday noon.

Additional notes: Harvey operated the Manning, Iowa, Creamery circa 1900-1920.