- Date Of Birth: April 19, 1927
- Date Of Death: April 16, 2021
- State: Idaho
LaRue Schwendiman Swensen, 93, of Ammon, passed away April 16, 2021, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
LaRue was born April 19, 1927, in Sugar City, Idaho, to Christian Schwendiman and Ada Estella Shepard Schwendiman. She was raised and attended schools in Sugar City and graduated from Sugar-Salem High School.
On October 9, 1947, she married the love of her life, Russell Neil Swensen in Sugar City. They were later sealed together for time and all eternity in the Idaho Falls Temple. They made their home in Ammon, Idaho, where LaRue worked as an elementary school teacher for Bonneville School District 93.
LaRue is survived by her loving children, Craig (Debbie) Swensen of Draper, UT, Linden (Jenny) Swensen of Blair, NE, Kirk Swensen of Ammon, ID, GayLinn (Joe) Bradshaw of Murray, UT; grandchildren, Jennie (Mike) Dildine, David Swensen, Angie (Eliot) Ward, Natalie (Brian) Hanks, Andrea Swensen, JoLinn (Ben) Meier, Lindsey (Zack) Oreolt, Lauren (Palmer) Morris, Carter Bradshaw, Allie Wilkins; and 21 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Christian and Ada Schwendiman; husband, Russell Swensen; sisters, Estelle, Leah, Beulah, and Beth; brothers, Lysle and Ray Schwendiman; and great grandson, Lyle Jack Ward.
