Longtime Stevens County resident, Doris M. Swink passed from this life Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton. She was 101.[it-exchange-member-content membership_ids=”485,313″]
Born November 28, 1911 at her family’s homestead in Stevens County, she was the daughter of William F. Garmon and the former Rebecca Jane Mayes.
Doris attended school at a country school near the family homestead.
January 8, 1936, Doris and E. Neil Swink were united in marriage in Johnson.
Mrs. Swink lived the majority of her life in Hugoton. It was in her later years that she moved to Garden City and then moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She returned to Hugoton in 2009.
Doris enjoyed sewing, crocheting, knitting, quilting, needlework and her kitty Misty.
Her husband Neil passed away in April of 1980. She was also preceded in death by her parents; five brothers, Lee, Leslie, Charlie, Ben and Ernie Garmon; and three sisters, Ella Kicenski, Berniece Davis and Margaret Cooper.
Survivors include her daughter MaNon Evans and husband L. A. of Garden City; son Gary Swink of Sioux Falls, S.D.; grandchildren, Kimberly Gill and husband Scott of Garden City, Kevin Evans and wife Arlene of Topeka, Travis Swink of Sacramento, Ca. and Kayla Swink of Falls, S.D.; her four great grandchildren, Jacob Gill of Lawrence, Jeremy Gill of Garden City, Peyton Evans of Manhattan and Drake Evans of Topeka; and her several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services were attended Tuesday morning, May 21, 2013 in the Hugoton Cemetery.
Memorials may be sent to The American Heart Association in care of Paul’s Funeral Home, 314 S Van Buren, Hugoton, Ks. 67951. [/it-exchange-member-content]