Marian Margaret (Savage) Swaim
December 4, 1930 — January 1, 2020
Marian Margaret (Savage) Swaim passed into the loving arms of Jesus on January 1, 2020, from a sudden illness at the age of 89. The family will greet friends from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. A funeral service will follow at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial with Military Honors will take place at Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Marian was born on December 4, 1930, in Louisville, Kentucky. She spent most of her childhood through high school in Mobile, Alabama. Marian entered the United States Air Force in 1949, in which she proudly served for three years, highlighted by a tour of duty in Newfoundland. After her service she continued to travel, visiting London, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland in 1954.
Marian and her parents moved to Panama City, Florida, where she met Ben Roper and had a son, Robert “Bob” Roper. After the death of her parents, Marian packed up Bob and her goal was to head to the Rocky Mountains, however along the way they found a vacation farm in Sheffield, Iowa. Iowa is where they put down their roots, following a brief trip to Wyoming, accomplishing her goal.
Marian settled in Mason City, Iowa, where she met the love of her life, Harlan Swaim, and married him on July 27, 1983. They were together 20 years until his death in 1998. They enjoyed a life of fishing, dancing and traveling.
After Harlan’s death, Marian re-settled in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Continuing her adventurous spirit, she traveled to Yellowstone to work in gift shops, staying in bunk houses with folks from all over the country, making fast friends with co-worker and visitors alike.
Marian was a superb folk art painter, loved jigsaw puzzles, snowman figurines, collecting tea cups with roses, and the Hallmark Channel.
Left to cherish her memories are son, Bob Roper, wife Dana Marolf; grandsons, Evan Roper and Jace Roper; granddaughters, Hannah Waters (fiancé Aron Heser) and Vanessa (Max) Wacha; great-grandchildren, Makaylan, Madison and Owen.
Preceding Marian in death, her husband, Harlan; father, Robert Savage; mother, Mary “May” (Stewart) Savage; and grandparents.
We wish to thank all the staff at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy for their compassionate care.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, 315 18th Avenue, Hiawatha, Iowa, 52233.
Marian was born on December 4, 1930, in Louisville, Kentucky. She spent most of her childhood through high school in Mobile, Alabama. Marian entered the United States Air Force in 1949, in which she proudly served for three years, highlighted by a tour of duty in Newfoundland. After her service she continued to travel, visiting London, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland in 1954.
Marian and her parents moved to Panama City, Florida, where she met Ben Roper and had a son, Robert “Bob” Roper. After the death of her parents, Marian packed up Bob and her goal was to head to the Rocky Mountains, however along the way they found a vacation farm in Sheffield, Iowa. Iowa is where they put down their roots, following a brief trip to Wyoming, accomplishing her goal.
Marian settled in Mason City, Iowa, where she met the love of her life, Harlan Swaim, and married him on July 27, 1983. They were together 20 years until his death in 1998. They enjoyed a life of fishing, dancing and traveling.
After Harlan’s death, Marian re-settled in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Continuing her adventurous spirit, she traveled to Yellowstone to work in gift shops, staying in bunk houses with folks from all over the country, making fast friends with co-worker and visitors alike.
Marian was a superb folk art painter, loved jigsaw puzzles, snowman figurines, collecting tea cups with roses, and the Hallmark Channel.
Left to cherish her memories are son, Bob Roper, wife Dana Marolf; grandsons, Evan Roper and Jace Roper; granddaughters, Hannah Waters (fiancé Aron Heser) and Vanessa (Max) Wacha; great-grandchildren, Makaylan, Madison and Owen.
Preceding Marian in death, her husband, Harlan; father, Robert Savage; mother, Mary “May” (Stewart) Savage; and grandparents.
We wish to thank all the staff at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy for their compassionate care.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, 315 18th Avenue, Hiawatha, Iowa, 52233.
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