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Norma Swier

[June 09, 2010]  ATLANTA -- Norma Swier, 74, of Atlanta, formerly of Bloomington, died Sunday, June 6, 2010, at 10:59 p.m. at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal.

Visitation will be from 6 until 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Atlanta Christian Church. Her funeral will follow at 7 p.m. at the church, with Maurice Stribling officiating.

Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Swier was the church secretary for the First Assembly of God in Normal and later retired as the secretary of the Atlanta Christian Church.

She was born Dec. 17, 1935, in Dexter, Mo. Her parents were William Paul and Mae Elizabeth White Eddens. Her mother preceded her in death when Norma was 8 months old. She was then raised by her beloved grandparents, William Porter and Dora Ella Baker Eddens. She married George Arthur Swier on Aug. 22, 1959, in Kankakee. He preceded her in death on June 9, 1991.

She is survived by three children, "Chip" George Arthur Jr. (and June) Swier of Kenosha, Wis., William Andrew (and Jan) Swier of Bloomington and Elizabeth Swier Pomrenke of Bloomington; six grandsons, Brian Arthur (and Michelle) Swier, Brandon William Swier, Caleb Andrew Swier, Jacob William Swier, Aaron Robert Wollenschlager and Jason John Wollenschlager; one great-granddaughter, Madeleine Tanner Swier; three brothers, Harold (and Pat) Joseph, Jim (and Vicky) Eddens and Bernard Eddens; four sisters, Wanda (and Edward) Barker, Diana (and J.C.) Abernathy, Sue Kelley and Carolyn (and Dale) Putnam; a sister-in-law, Luanne Grube; and many nieces and nephews.

She graduated from Bloomfield High School in Bloomfield, Mo., and attended Southeast Missouri State College in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Memorials may be made to the choir of the Atlanta Christian Church.

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