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Swain, Joyce E.
Joyce E. Swain, 86, died Monday, March 25, 2013, at the Belle Plaine Nursing and Rehab Center following a short illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 28, at the Hrabak Funeral Home with Pastor Jack Andrews presiding. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
She is survived by a son, James (Linda) Werning of Tama; brother, Max (Joyce) McElroy of Downey, Calif.; sisters, Marilyn Ealy if Belle Plaine and Eleanor McElroy of Tama; sister-in-law, Gert McElroy of Belle Plaine; and friend, Patsy Sutphin.
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Published in The Gazette March 27, 2013.
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