Elsie Swanson

Elsie Eileen Swanson, infant daughter of Joshua Swanson and Taylor Gengler, Lynn Center, IL, passed away Monday October 8, 2018 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Galesburg, IL. Funeral services are 2:00 pm Thursday October 11, 2018 at the Alpha Baptist Church, Alpha, IL. Burial will be in the Andover Cemetery. Visitation is from noon-until time of services at the church where a memorial fund will be established. Peterson Wallin Knox Funeral Home in Alpha is in charge of arrangements and online condolences can be made at www.petersonwallinknox.com

Elsie and her twin sister, Olivia, were born July 29, 2018 in Moline IL.

Those left to cherish her memory are her parents, Joshua and Taylor, her twin sister, Olivia and her big sister Peyton, all at home in Lynn Center. Maternal grandparents, Andrew and Tara Gengler of Moline, IL, Paternal grandparents, Stephen and Cheryl Swanson of Lynn Center, IL, Maternal great grandparents, Richard and Pam Wilks of Coal Valley, IL, Cindy Gengler of Marco Island, FL, Robert and Claire Holzinger of Moline, IL and Pauline Thune of Colona, IL. Paternal great grandparents, Ron and Shirley Swanson of Lynn Center and Virginia Ouart of Kewanee, IL, Aunts and Uncles, Meghan (Adam Besse) Gengler of Iowa City, IA, Quinten (Hannah) Gengler of Oceanside, CA, Pia Gengler of Moline, Il. Stephanie (Taylor) Shivers of Nashville, TN, Jonathan (Samantha) Swanson of Cambridge, IL, several great aunts, uncles and cousins.

Her great grandparents, Glenn Ouart, Bruce Gengler and Edward Thune preceded her in death