November 6, 1997
Obituary-Lydia W. Schwant
Lydia W. Schwant, 91, Blaine, died Tuesday, October 28, 1997, at her son's home.
She was born March 20, 1906, on a farm northeast of Wheaton, the daughter of William and Helena Hinzman Abitz. She attended the Duluth Lutheran School.
Mrs. Schwant was a member of St. Luke Lutheran Church in Wheaton, the Lutheran Women's Missionary League and she formerly was active in the Lutheran Walther League. She also was a member of the Sunflower Social Club, and she was an excellent seamstress.
She married Arnold H. Schwant on March 19, 1936, in Duluth. He died in October 1980.
Survivors include a daughter Lorraine Kolterman, Buckeye, Iowa; three sons, Dennis Schwant, Blaine and Orvin Schwant and Wilbur Schwant, both of Topeka, four sisters, Selma Wegner, Westmoreland, Frieda Abitz, Wichita, Lavina Vorderstrasse, Plymouth, Nebraska, and Olga Fairbanks, Onaga; a brother, Chester Abitz, Wheaton; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Services were Saturday at the St. Luke Lutheran Church in Wheaton. Burial was at St. Luke Lutheran North Cemetery in Wheaton.
Memorial contributions may be made either to the Lutheran Hour, Lutheran Social Services or to the St. Luke Lutheran Church and sent in care of Kufahl Funeral Home in Wheaton.
November 6, 1997
Obituary-Lydia W. Schwant
Lydia W. Schwant, 91, Blaine, died Tuesday, October 28, 1997, at her son's home.
She was born March 20, 1906, on a farm northeast of Wheaton, the daughter of William and Helena Hinzman Abitz. She attended the Duluth Lutheran School.
Mrs. Schwant was a member of St. Luke Lutheran Church in Wheaton, the Lutheran Women's Missionary League and she formerly was active in the Lutheran Walther League. She also was a member of the Sunflower Social Club, and she was an excellent seamstress.
She married Arnold H. Schwant on March 19, 1936, in Duluth. He died in October 1980.
Survivors include a daughter Lorraine Kolterman, Buckeye, Iowa; three sons, Dennis Schwant, Blaine and Orvin Schwant and Wilbur Schwant, both of Topeka, four sisters, Selma Wegner, Westmoreland, Frieda Abitz, Wichita, Lavina Vorderstrasse, Plymouth, Nebraska, and Olga Fairbanks, Onaga; a brother, Chester Abitz, Wheaton; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Services were Saturday at the St. Luke Lutheran Church in Wheaton. Burial was at St. Luke Lutheran North Cemetery in Wheaton.
Memorial contributions may be made either to the Lutheran Hour, Lutheran Social Services or to the St. Luke Lutheran Church and sent in care of Kufahl Funeral Home in Wheaton.
Family Members
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Meta Marie Abitz Figge
1907–1994
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Hilda M. Abitz Kufahl
1909–1991
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Martha Sophie Abitz Schwisow
1910–1990
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Selma Helena Abitz Wegner
1912–1998
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Herbert Ferdinand Abitz
1914–1989
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Almon William Abitz
1916–1997
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Ada Frieda Abitz
1917–1998
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Chester Theodore Abitz
1919–2014
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Lavina E. Abitz Vorderstrasse
1921–2013
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Olga Leona "Kitty" Abitz Fairbanks
1923–2016
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