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Daniel John Swehla

Birth	:	8 Mar 1929 Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	26 Feb 2012 Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Saint Wenceslaus Cemetery, Spillville, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.2055000, -91.9538000
Description	:	Daniel Swehla, age 82, of Spillville, IA died Sunday, February 26, 2012 at Wellington Place in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA With Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Daniel John Swehla was born March 8, 1929 in Spillville, IA, the youngest of five children born to John J. and Albina (Ondrashek) Swehla, the village blacksmith. At the young age of five, his mother died in a tragic accident. In his young life he loved to hunt and... Read More	Daniel Swehla, age 82, of Spillville, IA died Sunday, February 26, 2012 at Wellington Place in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA With Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Daniel John Swehla was born March 8, 1929 in Spillville, IA, the youngest of five children born to John J. and Albina (Ondrashek) Swehla, the village blacksmith. At the young age of five, his mother died in a tragic accident. In his young life he loved to hunt and fish along the Turkey River, which ran behind his home and the blacksmith shop. He became interested in farming when two of his uncles, Frank and Ed, took him out to their farm to help with chores. His first jobs were to deliver Clover Farm advertising fliers and deliver ice for iceboxes in Spillville. He attended Spillville Public School until tenth grade, then went to Calmar where he graduated in 1946. In 1951, he joined the U.S. Army and served two years in Korea and received an honorable discharge in 1953. He returned home and continued his farming; renting land by Ridgeway and Decorah. He also found time to pitch baseball for the Spillville town team on Sundays and enjoyed going to wedding dances at the Inwood nearly every night of the week. In 1956 he met his sweetheart, Elsie Reicks. They were married May 22, 1957, at St. Luke’s Church in St. Lucas, Iowa. Dan and Elsie bought a farm one and a half miles east of Spillville, and farmed 45 years. In 2009, they built a new home in Spillville. Dan was a member of St. Wenceslaus Church, Holy Name Society, Spillville American Legion, and Turkey River Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Civic Improvement Associations. He loved to watch his children’s various sports activities, taking them to the Mississippi on fishing trips and the annual Swehla family camping weekend. He enjoyed going on fishing trips to Canada with his friends and walking the nature trail. He loved hunting deer and in 1961, he shot his trophy buck. He enjoyed spending time, joking and laughing, with his children and grandchildren and teaching them how to pitch a good curve or fastball. He was a member of Spillville First Responders and the Adopt a Highway program. Dan and Elsie loved to travel and made various trips to Germany, Czech Republic and the Yellow Stone National park. On September 11, 2001, Dan and Elsie were on a bus heading to downtown New York when their bus had to turn around and they witnessed the smoke coming from the twin towers. Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Elsie Swehla, four daughters and one son: Mary (Karl) Clapp of Marion; Audrey (Ted) Green of Elkhorn, Nebraska; Terri (Mark) O’Brien of Greene; Janine (Kevin) Russell of Waverly; and John (Dawn) Swehla of Sumner. Thirteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He is also survived by sisters-in-law: Clara Swehla, and Marian (Norbert) Retterath of Spillville, Grace Reicks and Lorraine (Wayne) Carlson of New Hampton, and seven brothers-in-law: Norbert (Virginia) Reicks, Alex Reicks, Francis (Lucille) Reicks, Ardwin (Edna) Reicks, all of Lawler, Don Reicks of Ft. Atkinson, Harry (Barb) Reicks of St. Lucas, and Roy (Carolyn) Reicks of Missouri Valley, IA. He was preceded in death by his parents John J. and Albina (Ondrashek) Swehla. Father and mother-in-law: Victor and Mary (Heying) Reicks and his siblings: Edith (John) Griffin, George, James, and Benjamin Swehla. Brothers and Sisters-in-law: Msgr. Leander Reicks, Neal (Alice)(Vernice) Reicks, Lucille (Linus) Kruse, Eugene Reicks, Jerome Reicks, Luella Reicks, Roche Lensing and Joseph Reicks in infancy Source: Schluter - Balik Funeral Home database

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Daniel John Swehla's memorial is located at: Saint Wenceslaus Cemetery, Spillville, Winneshiek County, USA.
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Daniel John Swehla death on 26 Feb 2012 in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 43.2055000
Longitude: -91.9538000

Family Members:

Parent

John James Swehla

(1885 - 1956)

Albina A Ondrasek Swehla

(1894 - 1934)

Spouse

Elsie Eleanor Reicks Swehla

(1936 - unknow)

Siblings

Edith A Swehla Griffin

(1916 - 2000)

George Richard “Skip” Swehla

(1917 - 1974)

James John Swehla

(1919 - 2000)

Benjamin F Swehla

(1924 - 1967)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Saint Wenceslaus Cemetery
Spillville, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2055000, -91.9538000

2. Haug Cemetery
Spillville, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2089005, -91.9657974

3. Saint Clements Cemetery
Spillville, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1877000, -91.9635000

4. Garfield Family Cemetery
Conover, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2266900, -91.8846700

5. Saint James German Lutheran Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1478000, -91.9408000

6. Saint Peters Cemetery
Fort Atkinson, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1474991, -91.9405975

7. Madison Settlement Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2607994, -91.9233017

8. Lincoln Cemetery
Ridgeway, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2627983, -91.9819031

9. Calmar Community Cemetery
Calmar, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1786003, -91.8728027

10. Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery
Fort Atkinson, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1425018, -91.9238968

11. Oak Hill Cemetery
Fort Atkinson, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1397018, -91.9353027

12. Bohemian National Cemetery
Spillville, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2168999, -92.0477982

13. Saint Aloysius Catholic Church Cemetery
Calmar, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1772003, -91.8636017

14. Calmar Lutheran Church Cemetery
Calmar, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1833000, -91.8588000

15. McIntosh Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2696991, -91.8833008

16. United Lutheran Cemetery
Ridgeway, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2916985, -92.0216980

17. Young Cemetery
Washington Township, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1102982, -91.9131012

18. Union Prairie Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2585983, -91.8368988

19. Springfield Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2221985, -91.8171997

20. Holy Trinity Church Cemetery
Protivin, Howard County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2188911, -92.0916672

21. Aasa Haugen Home Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2698330, -91.8421110

22. Saint Marys Cemetery
Festina, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1205000, -91.8658000

23. Evangelical United Bretheran Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2843000, -92.0523000

24. Saint Johns German Lutheran Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2849694, -92.0521090