Raymond Swalve

FREMONT, CA - Raymond B. Swalve, 86, of Fremont, CA, formerly of Garner, died Friday (September 19, 2008) at his home in Fremont.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 A.M., Saturday, Sept. 27th at Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church in Garner with Rev. David Graham officiating. Burial will be in Ell Township Cemetery in Klemme.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 P.M., Friday at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Garner and will continue one hour prior to services at the church.

Raymond B. Swalve, the son of John and Wilhelmina (Sandersfeld) Swalve, was born January 5, 1922, on a farm south of Klemme. He graduated from Klemme High School in 1940. Raymond served his country in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theatre during WW II. On May 14, 1947, he married Lorraine Knoll. They made their home in Garner until the summer of 1970 when they moved to Fremont, CA. Raymond was employed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in San Francisco where he last served as Deputy Chief Appraiser. During this employment he received an outstanding performance award and achieved the grade of GS14. After retiring in 1985, he and Lorraine remained in Fremont. He was a skin and lung cancer survivor.

He was a member of Immanuel Reformed United Church of Christ in Klemme during his early life and later was a member of Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church in Garner. Raymond sang in the choir for many years, served as a Sunday school teacher, Sunday school superintendent, Deacon, Elder and served on three different pulpit committees.

Raymond is survived by his nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife , Lorraine, Dec. 20, 2001; his parents; brother, Harold Swalve; and sister, Wilma Cline.