Etta Mirith SWAN was born to Charles Henry SWAN and his wife Diana PARRISH. Etta was somewhat taller than her husband, with (as her daughter described) beautiful auburn hair and a creamy complexion. Etta was rather musical and enjoyed playing the piano. A rather fastidious housekeeper, according to her daughter, Etta insisted that her family take their shoes off before treading on the white birch floors in their home at Cumberland , WI . Alta Grace Hammond MULLIN recalled her mother, Etta as “perfect”. As many photographs show, Etta was fond of her grandchildren as well as her own sisters, brothers, nieces and nephews. A homemaker her entire life, Etta Swan HAMMOND died at Bremerton , WA from arteriosleroti (heart disease). She is buried next to her husband, John, in Ivy Green Cemetery , at Bremerton , WA . Copy of death certificate in possession; she died from arteriosleroti: heart disease.

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