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FORMER CAMDEN BOY WHO BECAME PROMINENT IN MEDICAL PROFESSION
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44 Years in One Location
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Past Masonic Master & Representative Citizen of Springfield Center --
Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon.
Dr. John Walter Swanson, 76, who spent his early life in Camden, died Monday night in a hospital
at Springfield Center, N.Y., where he had been a well known physician for the past forty-four years.
Heart disease was the cause of death.
Mr. Swanson was born in Carterville but moved with his parents to Camden when a child. He first
began to study medicine with the late Dr. Robert Frazier of this village. His medical education
was completed at the University of Buffalo. Mr. Swanson left Camden 53 years ago, but from time
to time had been back to renew friendships. He was a man of splendid character and was widely
known, being a leader in the medical profession of Otsego county. He was one of the oldest
members and past president of the Ostego County Medical Society. He was also a member and past
master of Evergreen Lodge, F.&A.M., of Springfield Center, and a leading citizen of that
community.
Mr. Alex W. Swanson of Camden, a brother of Dr. Swanson, is now the last survivor of the family.
He is also survived by his wife, one daughter, Miss Belle Swanson of New York; one son, Fred
Swanson, of Oakland, California; three grandchildren, Harold Ely and two children of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Swanson.
The funeral will be held at Springfield Center, Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock.
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