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Obituary- Swisher, Glenn

Glenn "Red” Swisher
DELIA — Glenn O. “Red” Swisher,
72, Delia, died Sunday at a Topeka hospital.

He was born Nov. 11, 1909, at Burlingame, the son of Lon Swisher and Lucy Post Swisher. He lived in the area most of his life.

Mr. Swisher operated the Highway Cafe, Emmett, from 1956 until 1968. He also was a school bus driver for Unified School District 321, in the Rossville Emmett-Delia communities.

He was a member of the Emmett United Methodist Church. He also served in the U.S. Army in World War II, from 1945-46.

He was married to Almira Ferrell on March 25, 1929, in Oskaloosa. She survives. A son and two daughters preceded him in death.

Survivors include a son, Howard W. Swisher, Emmett; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Burton, Nortonville, and Mrs. Dorothy Heineken, Valley Falls, and five grandchildren.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Verschelden Funeral Home, St. Marys. Burial will be at Valley Falls Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be sent to the American Cancer Society, 3003 Van Buren, Topeka 66611.