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Ethan Swain
ETHAN SWAIN
Anamosa
In memory of Ethan Richard Swain, who was born an angel on Thursday, April 7, 2016, at 11:15 a.m. to parents Elizabeth and Brandon Swain at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. He weighed six pounds, nine ounces and was 20 inches long.
Survivors include his mother and father, Elizabeth and Brandon; his brothers and sisters, Will, Melanie, Jamison and Ava; grandparents, Cindy and Richard Luchtenburg; great-grandmother, Rosemary Favia; aunts, Rebecca and Nancy Heideman and Sarah and Linda Luchtenburg; uncles, Jacob and Joshua Heideman and Jake, Josh and Jason Luchtenburg; and cousins, Jace, Conner, Lukas, Elliot, Jaxon, Abel, Madison, Emma, Lilly, Breanna, Landon, Alice and Lincoln.
Even though he was only with us for a short time, he made the biggest impressions on our hearts.
Mommy and Daddy love you to the moon and back our sweet angel.
A time of visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 9, at Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa.
Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.
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