Lucille Geraldine Kurth

LUCILLE GERALDINE KURTH, daughter of MARY HELEN BEAL and CARL BERNHART F. KURTH, was born April 17, 1893 in Hayward, Sawyer, Wisconsin,⁴⁶⁵³ and died February 23, 1962.⁷⁰²⁹ She is buried in Acacia Memorial Park, Lake Forest Park, King, Washington.⁷⁰²⁹

She married (1) BRUCE CALVERT RATHBONE DEATON on April 20, 1921 in King County, Washington.⁵²¹⁷

She married (2) JAMES H. STRONG.

She married (3) EDWARD ALONZO SWIFT on October 21, 1949 in Seattle, King, Washington.⁵²¹⁷ He was born February 17, 1898 in Seattle, King, Washington,³⁶⁶¹ and died October 3, 1952 in Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle, King, Washington.³⁶⁶¹

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Lucille G. Kurth)
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Lucille G. Kurth)
  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Lucille G. Kurth)

• Lucille Geraldine Kurth and James H. Strong were divorced in 1946 in Hillsborough County, Florida.⁵⁹³

Island County Times, October 9, 1952¹²³³⁹

Grandson of Famed Pioneer Succumbs

Word was received on Whidbey last week of the death of Edward Alonzo Swift, Jr., grandson of Louise Swift.

Mrs. Swift was the author of many letters written during pioneer days when the family settled on Whidbey Island. Her letters are a treasured records in many historical libraries.

Mr. Swift was an assistant corporation counsel and a graduate of the University Law school. A combined Legion and Masonic funeral was held Monday in Seattle.

Mrs. Hattie Swift Race and Mrs. Maude Fullington are now the only members of the original Swift family left.

Seattle Daily Times, February 25, 1962⁷⁰²⁹

MRS. ALONZO SWIFT

Mrs. Lucille K. Swift, of 5902 Greenwood Av. N., died Friday after a long illness.

Funeral services will be at 1 o'clock tomorrow in the Adams Forkner Funeral Home. Entombment will be in Acacia Mausoleum.

Mrs. Swift, born in Eau Claire, Wis., came to Seattle from New Jersey in 1943. Her husband, Alonzo, an attorney, died in 1954.

Surviving are a brother, Lloyd Kurth, Seattle, and a sister, Mrs. Harry Race, of Coupeville, Whidbey Island.

The family has suggested that memorial contributions may be made to favorite charities.