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Robert Franklin SWEARS

Robert Franklin SWEARS

Male 1935 - 1981  (45 years)

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  • Name Robert Franklin SWEARS 
    Birth 10 Oct 1935  Montana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    News 28 Jun 1967  Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Obituary of Henry Ackaret
    Obituary
    • Bobby Franklin Swears (Lumby), 45, of Boise, died July 10, 1981 of a heart attack at the home of his twin sister in Idaho Falls, following a motorcycle accident earlier in the day.
      He was born October 10, 1935 in Lewistown, Montana to Frank and Margaret Simpson Swears. They moved to Idaho Falls and he attended Mud Lake, Shelley and Idaho Falls schools. He served with the Army in Korea.
      He married Maria Nunez in 1965 in El Paso, Texas and they were later divorced. He lived in Various areas in the Southwest and moved to Boise in 1972, where he operated his own heating and air conditioning business.
      He married Sarah Johnson in Boise in 1978, and they were later separated.
      He was a member of the LDS Church.
      Survivors include two sons, Bobby Walters Swears in the Army at Fort Irwin, California, and Kenneth Wayne Swears of San Francisco; four daughters, Mrs. Kurt (Debbie) Rideout of Orlando, Florida, Theresa Louise Swears of Boise, Deanne Swears of Idaho Falls and Ithula Swears of Boise; his mother, Mrs. Margaret Ackaret of Idaho Falls; step-father, Walter Lumby of Firth; twin sister, Mrs. Betty Neville of Idaho FAlls, sister, Mrs. Ellen Blackburn of Rexburg; and a step brother, Ray Lumby of Idaho Falls.
      Services will be Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Williams Funeral Home with the Rev. William Warren of the Gethsemane Baptist Church officiating.
      Burial will be in the Ammon Cemetery.
      (The Post Register, July 12, 1981)
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    Name Bobby Lumby 
    Name Bobby Swears 
    Death 10 Jul 1981  [1
    Burial Bonneville, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
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    Person ID I1163  Stanwood Family
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2021 

    Father Frank B SWEARS,   b. Abt 1905, Montana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Margaret Louise SIMPSON,   b. 1902, Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1988, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jul 1932  Lewiston (Historical), Jefferson, Montana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F314  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1166] Find A Grave, 6 December 2014; memorial page for Bobby Franklin Swears (1935-1981), Find A Grave Memorial no. 81,339,706.
      Citing Ammon Cemetery, Ammon, Bonneville County, Idaho; the accompanying photograph submitted by user Bill E. Doman provides a legible image of the inscribed data.
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    2. [S1154] NEWS: The Post-Register, Henry Ackaret Dies In Hospital; 28 June 1967; Henry Ackaret, p. 2, c. 6; 14 September 2015.
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    3. [S1492] DB: Billion Graves, 6 November 2021; memorial page for Bobby Franklin Swears (1935-1981), BillionGrave memorial no. 4768580, citing Ammon Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho]; the accompanying photograph by user "Will" provides a legible image of the inscribed data, and memorial includes obituary, citing The Post Register, 12 July 1981.
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    4. [S1703] DB: Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950, 6 December 2014; entry for Frank B. Swears Jr and Magaret L. Edwards, m. 13 July 1932.
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