Ray Waldo Swenson, 86, Luverne, died Wednesday, May 22, 2002, at Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne.
Services were Saturday, May 25, at Dingmann Funeral Chapel in Luverne. The Rev. Ron Moffitt officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.
Ray Waldo Swenson was born to Gust and Sarah (Coughlin) Swenson on Sept. 2, 1915, in rural Rock County. He attended country school in Rock County.
He married Zelda Strohschein on Dec. 28, 1939, in Clear Lake, S.D. After their marriage the couple farmed in Rock County. Later, they farmed in White, S.D., and Estelline, S.D., areas. In 1954 they moved back to farm in Rock County. Mrs. Swenson died on March 25, 1978.
He married Louise Ininger on Oct. 9, 1981, in Pipestone. After their marriage the couple lived in Luverne and later moved to Kenneth. He became a resident of Good Samaritan Village in Pipestone in 1998. Mrs. Swenson died in 2000. Later that year he became a resident of Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne.
Mr. Swenson enjoyed hunting and fishing. He loved to raise and ride horses.
Survivors include one daughter, Marilyn (Gilmer) Doop, Bruce, S.D.; three grandchildren, Marlin Doop, Darwin Doop, and Julienne Satterlee; seven great-grandchildren; one nephew, David (Lois) Swenson, Mitchell, S.D.; two great-nieces, Ashley and Jenna Swenson; one great-great-nephew, Tyler Carlson; one brother, John (Mary) Swenson, Beaver Creek; and one sister, Hazel Hoiland, Luverne.
Mr. Swenson was preceded in death by his parents, two wives, one son, Myron, in 1981, five brothers and one sister.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.