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Obituaries

Monday, October 1, 2018
Don K. Swartzendruber
Monday, October 1, 2018
Don K. Swartzendruber
Don K. Swartzendruber, age 76, died at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, 2006 at his home in Washington, Iowa surrounded by his loving wife, children and grandchildren, after a long and courageous battle with heart disease and cancer.
Memorial services will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20, 2006 at the Jones-Eden Funeral Home. Visitation will begin noon Thursday at the Jones-Eden Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 4 to 7 Thursday evening. Private family interment will be held at the Keota Cemetery in Keota, Iowa. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting memorials be made to the Minneapolis Heart Institute or the Washington County Hospice.
Mr. Swartzendruber was born on January 18, 1930 in Wellman, Iowa the son of Herman and Esther (Rodgers) Swartzendruber. Don attended Wellman High School, where he lived up to his nickname "Bigfoot," playing his way into the hearts of athletic spectators. He continued his education at the University of Iowa, where he played football as a Hawkeye for three years.