Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Swingle, Claude Victor March 11, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, March  25, 2005
     Claude Victor Swingle, 84, a 40 year resident of The Dalles and recently 
a resident of Ocean Park, Wash., died on March 11 in Portland.
     He was born Nov. 8, 1920 in Didsbury, Alberta, Canada, to Walter A. And 
Mary Louise (Meeker) Swingle. He was raised in Salem, where he graduated from 
Salem High School, in 1938. While in high school he was the state wrestling 
champion and a member of several organizations.
     He served in the Oregon National Guard Coast Artillery at Camp Rilea in 
Warrenton and at Fort Canby in Illwaco, Wash. He later joined the Army Air 
Corps and attended flight training school in Victorville, Calif., where he 
completed gunnery school. While based in India he flew a B-29 Hap Arnold 
Special, flying missions over the Burma Hump from India into China and then 
into Japan. 
     While stationed at Camp Rilea he met Mary Schairer and they married in 
Victorville on Oct. 22, 1942. She preceded him in death in May of 2003. 
     He was employed as a Caterpillar diesel mechanic and salesman for 
Interstate Tractor in Astoria and Empire Machinery in The Dalles. Later he 
started his own business, Swingle Machinery Sales, in The Dalles, retiring in 
1982.
     While living in Ocean Park, he owned and operated Westgate Trailer & RV 
Park and Oceans of Art Supplies.
     He was an avid hunter and spent many enjoyable times at his cabin in 
Pilot Rock. He was a lifetime member of the Elks Lodge.
     Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Rob & Mary Swingle, El 
Cajon, Calif.; a daughter and son-in-law Claudia and Jim Jeffers, Gresham; 
five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; a sister, Claire Swingle, 
Salem; a brother, Noel Swingle, Richardson, Texas; and numerous nieces and 
nephews.
     He was preceded in death by his three sisters, Gay Lanham, Silverton; 
Evelyn Reed, Willamina; and Olive Reetz, Ritzville, Wash. and a brother Ken 
Swingle, Bremerton, Wash.
     A graveside service will be held Saturday, April 2 at 11:30 a.m. at 
Oceanview Cemetery in Warrenton, followed by a reception at the Holiday Inn 
Express in Astoria.
     Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association sent in c/o 
Hughes-Ransom Cremation & Mortuaries, 576 12th, in Astoria, OR which was in 
care of arrangements.


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Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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