- Date Of Birth: July 22, 1920
- Date Of Death: January 22, 2015
- State: Illinois
WASHINGTON?Edna Maxine Swanson, 94, of Washington, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 at UnityPoint Health-Methodist.
She was born in Cerro Gordo on July 22, 1920 to Luella Pearl Moore and was raised by her step-father Rudolph Lasco.
Maxine married Samuel J. Maggio in 1938. She later married Howard “Swanie” Swanson who passed away in 1982.
She was also preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Paul Werner; two sisters, Ruth Edgecomb and Frieda Bailey and a great, great grandson, Silas Snider.
Surviving are one sister, Jean Smogorzewski of Portland, Oregon; two daughters, Madeline (Estel Schram) Snider of Marquette Heights and Sandy (Richard) Heiser of Culpeper, Va.; one son, Tony (Judy) Maggio of Washington; a stepson, Paul Swanson of Eminence, Mo.; seven grandchildren, Deborah Eastman, Jeff Snider, Kris Snider, Kevin Heiser, Keri Killion, Mindy Keller and Melissa Wireman; one step-granddaughter, Terry Thomson; 13 great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild.
Maxine worked several years at Hiram Walker and Sons Distillery. She and Swanie were former co-owners of Ike and Swanie?s Tap in Peoria.
