Edna Anna Swenson

Services: A Funeral Service will be held on Monday, June 25, 2012 at 10:00 AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD. Visitation: The family will receive friends on Monday, June 25, 2012 from 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD. Edna Anna Swenson, 96, of Riverview, FL, formerly of Lexington Park, MD., passed away surrounded by her loving family on June 19, 2012 in Riverview, FL. Born on August 9, 1915 in York, Maine, she was the daughter of the late George Walter and Edna Abbie Chase Kanada. Edna was the loving wife of the late Lawrence Clayton Swenson whom she married on May 14, 1944. Mrs. Swenson is survived by her children; Jon Alan Swenson (Joyce) of York, ME, and Linda Swenson Boszko (Nick) of Wesley Chapel, FL, 1 grandson, and 2 great grand children. She was preceded in death by her sister Dorothy Kanada Vose of Machias, ME. Edna worked as a telephone operator in Portsmouth, NH during World War II, and moved to St. Mary’s County in 1953. The family will receive friends on Monday, June 25, 2012 from 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD., a Funeral Service will follow at 10:00 AM with Deacon Bill Nickerson officiating. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD. Pallbearers will be; Nick Boszko, Jon Swenson, Mark Boszko, Duncan Boszko, Shorty Owens, and Doug Medley.