Lorraine Swanson

Former Iola resident, Lorraine S. Swanson, 93, of Overland Park, Kansas died on Monday, March 5, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 9, 2012, at the Waugh-Yokum and Friskel Memorial Chapel in Iola, Kansas. Chaplain Lloyd W. Houk will officiate. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery in Iola, Kansas. Lorraine Swanson was born September 22, 1918 in Savonburg, Kansas to Frank Edward and Hester Anna (Jordan) Stierwalt. She graduated from Savonburg High School in 1936. She moved to Topeka, Kansas to work for the Santa Fe Railroad Company in 1940. On September 15, 1941 she married Julius Landon Roberts of Topeka, Kansas. A son, Jerry L. Roberts, was born May 31, 1943. Julius L. Roberts died September 5, 1944 while in service with the Naval Air Corp. On August 8, 1948 she married Lloyd E. Swanson, a former Savonburg classmate. The couple and son, Jerry, lived in Sunflower Village while he completed his education at Kansas University graduating in 1949. They began working at the Stark State Bank in 1950. Their son, Thomas L. Swanson, was born on October 3, 1951. They moved to Iola, Kansas and the Iola State Bank in 1958. Both Lorraine and Lloyd retired from the Iola State Bank in 1986. She was an active member of the Iola community and belonged to the Wesley United Methodist Church and the Iola Country Club. The couple moved to the Kansas City area in 1996. Survivors include a son, Jerry Roberts and his wife Connie of Olathe, Kansas; a son, Tom Swanson and his wife Bobbi of Coffeyville, Kansas; two grandchildren, Samantha Creedon and her husband, Chris, of Aurora, Illinois; and Derek Roberts of Olathe, Kansas; two great-grandchildren, Allison and Kailey Creedon; and a sister, Ollideen Wright of Chanute, Kansas. Her husband, Lloyd E. Swanson, her sister Betty Lyman, and a great-granddaughter, Emma Rose Creedon preceded her in death. Online condolences for the family may be left on this website, www.iolafuneral.com .