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Nils Gideon Swanson Nils Gideon Swanson, 90, died Friday, February 11, 2005 at the Blueberry Hill Healthcare in Beverly, MA. Nils was born and educated in Malden. After graduating high school, he and his brother established the Swanson Brother's Coal and Ice Business in Malden. He then went to work for The City of Malden as a laborer at Forest Dale Cemetery. He married his late wife, of over fifty years, Josephine L. Mastrullo in March of 1942 and he enlisted in the U.S Army in June of 1942 to serve in W.W. II. He served with the Headquarters & Service Troop 85th Reconnaissance Squadron Mechanized in Normandy, Northern France and Germany. When he was discharged in 1945 he returned to Malden and his work with the City of Malden in the cemetery department. He was appointed superintendent at Forest Dale Cemetery in 1950 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1976. He was a member of St. Joseph's Parish in Malden and Malden Post No. 639 VFW. Mr. Swanson lived in Danvers, Massachusetts for the past three years and was previously from Malden. He is survived by his son, Nils J.and his wife Jo-Ann Swanson of Danvers His son George M. Vietze of CA, and six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. . He was preceded in death by his wife Josephine L. (Mastrullo) Swanson, and his son Charles E. Vietze of Malden. He was born September 29, 1914 in Malden, Massachusetts the son of the late Carl and Ellen (Johnson) Swanson. He was born He served in the Army during World War II having attained the rank of Tech 5. enlisted on June 13, 1942 at Boston, MA discharged on June 12, 1945 at Ft. Devens, MA Visitation will be held at Weir MacCuish Funeral Home, 144 Salem Street Malden on Wednesday Feb. 16th from 2-4 PM and 7-9 PM Contributions in Nils’s memory may be made to Hospice of the North Shore, 10 Elm Street, Danvers, MA 01923 Funeral from the funeral home on Thurs. Feb. 17th at 8:00 AM followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Joseph’s Church, 770 Salem St. Malden at 9AM. Burial will follow in Forest Dale Cemetery, Malden |
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