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LeRoy Swan

Aug. 2, 1928-

Dec. 4, 2019

SLAYTON — Services for LeRoy Junius Swan, 91, will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Slayton United Methodist Church in Slayton. Burial is at Slayton Memorial Gardens in Slayton. Military honors accorded by the Slayton American Legion Post and the Slayton VFW Post. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church on Monday. Totzke Funeral Home of Slayton is entrusted with arrangements. To send condolences visit totzkefuneralhome.com

He died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, at Ava’s House in Sioux Falls, S.D.

He was born Aug. 2, 1928, on the family farm in Scandia Township, Murray County to Jubel and Elsie (Rickgarn) Swan. He was drafted to the United States Army on Feb. 23, 1951, and was sent to Fort Lewis, Washington; Camp Stewart, Georgia; and also Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He achieved the rank of corporal and served as a machine gunner and also set the clocks on the machine guns. He was honorably discharged Feb. 24, 1953.

Survivors include his brother, Dale of Sioux Falls, S.D., and several nieces and nephews and their families.