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Personal data Betty Maxine Petersen 


Household of Betty Maxine Petersen

She is married to Ellsworth John Swalve.

They got married on May 30, 1953 at Jackson, Jackson Co., MN, she was 22 years old.

Ellsworth John Swalve oo Betty Maxine Petersen

Marriage sources: The Algona [IA] Upper Des Moines Vol 139 # 46, 13 Nov 2003 pg A8 col 4

"Evert Swalve Dec. 15, 1919 - Nov 4, 2003 Buffalo Center ... Other survivors include ... his brothers, ... Ellsworth and Betty Swalve, Owens ..."
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Notes about Betty Maxine Petersen

Betty Maxine Peterson / Petersen

Sources: The Algona [IA] Upper Des Moines Vol 139 # 46, 13 Nov 2003 pg A8 col 3 & 4

"Evert Swalve Dec. 15, 1919 - Nov 4, 2003 Buffalo Center ... Other survivors include ... his brothers, ... Ellsworth and Betty Swalve, Owens ..."

Author: Book, Ardella, Title: No Title, (Publication location: Sandpoint ID, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Pubication date: v Apr MMV), Repository: The Cloud

Link: http://wc.rootsweb.com

"... Ellsworth John Swalve ...

Marriage 1 Living Peterson ..."

"... Living Peterson Sex: F Note: Private

Father: Henry Peterson
Mother: Grace Bauman

Marriage 1 Ellsworth John Swalve b: 17 SEP 1925 in Kossouth Co, Ledyard, Iowa

Children

1. Living Swalve
2. Living Swalve"

Author: N.N. (anonymous), Title: "Betty Swalve," (Publication location: Los Angeles, CA, Publisher: MyLife.com, Publication date: viewed xxx May MMXVII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.mylife.com/betty-swalve/e810321645480

"Betty Swalve Oyens, IA Age: 86 - 06/23/1930 AKA: Betty M Swalve Married"

Author: Carlson, Jessica, Title: "Betty Maxine Petersen Swalve," (Publication location: Estherville, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: ix July MMXIX), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200980483/betty-maxine-swalve

"Photo[graph of a woman] added by Rod
Picture of [stone shared with E. J. 'Doc' Swalve] Added by Jessica Carlson

Betty Maxine Petersen Swalve Birth 23 Jun 1930 Graettinger, Palo Alto County, Iowa, USA Death 8 Jul 2019 (aged 89) Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA Burial East Side Cemetery Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, USA Memorial ID 200980483

Betty M. Swalve, 89 of Le Mars, Iowa, passed away on Monday, July 8, 2019 at Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars, Iowa.

Visitation with the family present will begin at 5:00 p.m. with a Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m., all on Sunday, July 14, 2019 at Rexwinkel Funeral Home in Le Mars. Visitation and lunch with the family present will begin at 11:00 a.m. with a Prayer Service at 12:30 p.m. all at the V.F.W. in Estherville, Iowa. Burial will follow at Eastside Cemetery in Estherville, Iowa.

Betty Maxine Petersen was born on June 23, 1930 to Henry and Grace (Bauman) Petersen on the family farm near Graettinger, Iowa. She attended country school through 8th grade and graduated from Graettinger High School in 1948. She worked for a year in Spencer, Iowa at a print shop before attending and graduating from Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Sioux City, Iowa in 1952. She was united in marriage to E.J. 'Doc' Swalve on May 30, 1953 in Jackson, Minnesota. Betty worked at Holy Family Hospital in Estherville after graduation until 1960 when their family moved to Sioux City, Iowa. They then moved to Le Mars in 1962. In 1975, Doc and Betty moved to Oyens and in 2013, Betty moved to back to Le Mars.

Betty worked at Sacred Heart/Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars from 1963 – 1975 and then became the director of nursing at Plymouth Manor Care Center in Le Mars from 1975 – 1988. She later worked at Home Health Care and Hospice Care for Amicare in Sioux City until she retired in 1992.

Betty was a longtime member of the Presbyterian United Church of Christ in Le Mars. She enjoyed doing crafts, teaching the grandchildren how to play Rummy and other card games, quilting, and crocheting; she made several quilts and afghans. She especially loved going to Steve and Gary's Little League games and as many of her grandchildren's school activities as possible. Betty also loved spend time baking with and teaching her grandchildren how to make Christmas cookies.

Betty is survived by her sons: Steve (Connie) Swalve of Oyens and Gary (Naomi) Swalve of Le Mars; 5 grandchildren: Nicholas Swalve, Robert Swalve, Becca (Alex) Spooner, Danny (Ashley) Swalve, and Alex Swalve; great grandchildren: Ryker Spooner, and Chloe and Noel Swalve; brother, Wayne (Vivian) Petersen; siblings in law: Andrew (Rosella) Swalve, Elsie Selberg, Ada Williams, and Leona Kleine; and many nieces, nephews, and other relatives.

Betty is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Doc; granddaughter, Kellen Swalve; brother, Donny (Dorothy) Petersen; siblings in law: Richard (Ethel) Swalve, Roy (Mata) Swalve, Evert (Jennie) Swalve, Johnny (Nettie) Isebrand, Francis (Fred) Beitz, Tillie (Vinal) Bebo Graff, Otto (Norma) Swalve, Sena (Forrest) McGregor, Anna (Harry) Schroeder, Anita (Vern) Barlow, Harold Selberg, Richard Williams, and Charles Kleine.

[Source: Rexwinkel Funeral Home; Le Mars, IA]

Parents
Photo[graph of stone shared with Grace M. Petersen] Henry Jorgen Petersen 1897 - 1987
Photo[graph of stone shared with Henry J. Petersen] Grace M. Bauman Petersen 1900 - 1978

Spouse
Photo[graph of a man] Ellsworth John Swalve 1925 - 2009 (m. 1953)

Siblings

Photo[graph of his military-style grave marker] Donald Martin Petersen 1925 - 1989

Maintained by: Find a Grave Originally Created by: Rod Added: 9 Jul 2019 Find a Grave Memorial 200980483"
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Betty Maxine Petersen
1930-2019

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1925-2009

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Historical events

Birthday June 23, 1930

  • The temperature on June 23, 1930 was between 11.7 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
    • February 3 » Communist Party of Vietnam is founded at a "Unification Conference" held in Kowloon, British Hong Kong.
    • April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
    • August 7 » The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
    • September 6 » Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
    • October 3 » The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded.
    • November 11 » Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.

Day of marriage May 30, 1953

  • The temperature on May 30, 1953 was between 8.7 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
    • March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
    • May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
    • June 26 » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
    • July 26 » Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War.
    • August 12 » The 7.2 Ms  Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
    • November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.


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