Swanson, Albert W., Jr.
appeared in Glenview Announcements, 19 Nov 1998, p. 203
Description
- Media Type
- Genealogical Resource
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Obituaries
- Notes
- Birth Date: 1924-01-30
Spouse: Hilda Swanson (nee Facklam)
Survived by: His wife of 47 years, Hilda; two sons, William (Janet) and James; a daughter, Patricia (Robert) Piron; four grandchildren; a sister, Carol (Suren) Ipjian
Age 74; lifelong resident of Evanston IL; great-grandson of Susan Pratt, first child born to settlers of Evanston; graduate of Evanston Township H.S., attended Ripon College and North Carolina State College, graduate of FBI Academy in Washington D.C. and Northwestern U. Traffic Institute (as faculty member taught courses around U.S.); enlisted in U.S. Army in 1942, injured in France in 1944/received Purple Heart, served as military policeman; joined Evanston Police Department in 1949, advanced to sergeant in January 1957 and lieutenant in 1962, head of traffic bureau and of planning & research division, received Outstanding Policeman of Year Award in 1958, retired in 1969 after 20 years of service; director of department of communications and security at Evanston Hospital, later director of engineering & security in 1972; after hospital, started business designing/manufacturing line of custom-made leather pager covers
Cemetery: Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie IL - Date of Publication
- 19 Nov 1998
- Date Of Event
- November 13, 1998
- Last Name(s)
-
Swanson
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Glenview Public LibraryEmail:genealogy@glenviewpl.org
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