Kenneth Grayson Swaney, Sr.

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OBITUARY

Chanute, KS; 22 June 2009

Kenneth Grayson Swaney, 81, of Chanute, Kansas, passed away Saturday, June 20, 2009 at the Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul, Kansas.

Kenneth was born in Chanute, Kansas, on January 28, 1928, the son of Orval Kenneth and Hattie Olive (Grayson) Swaney.

He attended Chanute schools.

He served his country in the United States Army during WWII.

Kenneth was united in marriage to Anne Price on October 16, 1949 in Augsburg, Germany. She preceded him in death.

He later married Mary Joan "Jo" Goyette on May 19, 1962 in Miami, Oklahoma. She also preceded him in death.

He was the owner of Swaney's Auto Service.

He is survived by three daughters, Barbara Roberts and husband Mike, Kathy Muller and husband Pat, and Carole Swaney; four grandchildren, Alice Frizzell and husband Justin, Mary Roberts, Matthew Muller, and Tyler Muller; one great-granddaughter, Grayson Frizzell; two sisters, Thelma Asher, and Melva Hudson and husband Tom; one brother, Bill Swaney and wife Cora; and sister-in-law Marlene Swaney.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Anne and his wife Mary Joan; an infant son, Kenneth Swaney Jr.; and a brother, Orval Kieth Swaney.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at the Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel in Chanute, KS. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery, Chanute, Kansas.

Memorials in his name may be made to the Chanute Relay for Life, or to the Cherry Street Youth Center, and may be left with the funeral home.

Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Buried:
Grave location, portrait, tombstone photo, and obituary:
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Kenneth married Anne Elizabeth Price. Anne (daughter of Rev. Robert McCollum Price and Mary Ann YOW) was born 05 Aug 1926; died 26 Jan 1971; was buried , Guilford Memorial Park, Greensboro, Guilford Co. NC. [Group Sheet]

1. Carole Anne Swaney was born 24 Apr 1950, Germany; died 04 Aug 2014, Cowley Co. KS; was buried , Guilford Memorial Park, Greensboro, Guilford Co. NC.
2. Kenneth Grayson Swaney, Jr. was born 10 Nov 1955; died 28 Feb 1956; was buried , Guilford Memorial Park, Greensboro, Guilford Co. NC.
3. Kathy Swaney
4. Barbara Swaney