Elsie Flora Swigart

Independent Enterprise
Thursday, June 19, 2008

Elsie Flora Swigart, 90, of Payette, Idaho, passed away Friday, May 23, 2008, at Holy Rosary Medical Center, Ontario. Memorial graveside services will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, June 21, 2008, at Riverside Cemetery, Payette. Arrangements are under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette. Condolences may be made to the family at www.shaffer-jensenchapel.com.

Elsie was born July 17, 1917, in Magnolia, Iowa to Thomas and Effie (Donnelson) Giddings. She graduated from Payette High School. On October 7, 1938, Elsie married Carl Raymond Swigart in Payette.

She was a member of the Harmoney Rebekah Lodge No. 22, Emblem Club No. 1690, and the Sunshine Club. Elsie enjoyed doing ceramics and reading. "Gram" or "GG," as she was called by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, loved her family.

Her parents, Thomas and Effie Giddings; her husband, Carl Swigart; and a granddaughter, Candace Standefer preceded her in death.

Elsie is survived by her three daughters, Carol (Lee) Wilson of Baker City, Oregon, Betty (David) Freeman of John Day, Oregon, and Wanda (Tom) Newton of Caldwell, Idaho; a brother, Alonzo Giddings of Oregon City, Oregon; a sister, Marcella Wilson of Weiser, Idaho; four grandchildren, Jodie Kester, Amy Freeman, Hobart Newton, and Chelsea Newton; seven great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to the Payette First Baptist Church, March of Dimes, or the charity of your choice, c/o Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, P.O. Box 730, Payette, ID 83661.