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Grover Swallow

Grover Swallow

Male 1927 - 2009  (81 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has more than 100 ancestors and 10 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Grover Swallow 
    Birth 23 Oct 1927  Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1930  Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initiatory (LDS) 7 Sep 1948  MANTI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID KWZ9-MP7 
    Death 23 Apr 2009  Panaca, Lincoln, Nevada, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 27 Apr 2009  Panaca Memorial Park, Lincoln, Nevada, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID i20198  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father Thomas Charles Swallow,   b. 14 Feb 1892, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1980, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Vanda Duncan,   b. 15 Oct 1895, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1969, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 11 Jun 1914  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3385  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grover Swallow,   b. 23 Oct 1927, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 2009, Panaca, Lincoln, Nevada, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 7 Sep 1948  Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. C Thomas Swallow
     2. Dana Swallow
     3. Brookie Cay Swallow
     4. Vanda Swallow
     5. Roxanne Swallow
     6. J Bruce Swallow
     7. Emily Swallow
     8. Dorcas Swallow
     9. Grover M Swallow
     10. Diana Swallow
    Family ID F9688  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Oct 1927 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 7 Sep 1948 - MANTI Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Sep 1948 - Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Apr 2009 - Panaca, Lincoln, Nevada, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 27 Apr 2009 - Panaca Memorial Park, Lincoln, Nevada, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obituary: Daily Herald Grover Swallow
      Grover Swallow, 81, of Panaca, Nevada, and formerly of Orem and Provo, U t ah, passed away peacefully Wednesday evening, April 22, 2009 at his hom e . A loving and beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfat he r, he will be greatly missed by his many descendants and friends.
      Grover grew up in Meadow, Utah and graduated from Millard High Schoo l i n Fillmore, Utah, where he excelled in drama and tennis. He attende d Idah o State University where he obtained his B.S. Pharmacy degree (th e Univer sity of Utah didn't have a School of Pharmacy until the followin g year) . During his freshman year at Idaho State he was the 4-miler an d cross-co untry runner on the track team. He was very active in their LD S Institut e where he was Superintendent of the Sunday School and preside nt of the B eta Chapter of Lambda Delta Sigma fraternity.
      Grover married Emily Brookie Condie before completing his senior yea r a t Idaho State. Brookie, of Twin Falls, Idaho, was also a pharmacy maj or . They were married in the Manti LDS Temple on September 7, 1948.
      Grover worked as a pharmacist in Rupert, Idaho, Smithfield, Utah, and Pr e ston and Montpelier, Idaho, until they bought their first drug store i n P ioche, Nevada, in 1957, and then added a second drug store in Calient e, N evada, in 1958. During this time he was very active in church, commu nity , and Lincoln County (Nevada), serving as chairman of the Rural Are a Deve lopment, later changed to Lincoln Area Development. During this ti me th e Eagle Valley and Echo dams were built in Lincoln County. He was c hairma n of the Nevada State Rural Development. He was a member of the Pi oche Li ons Club and later became president of the Caliente Rotary Club , and the n served as the Rotary International Regional Interact Chairman . The regi on extended south through Las Vegas, half of Los Angeles, an d then to th e Mexican border.
      Grover won a seat in the Nevada State Legislature in 1969, representin g L incoln and White Pine counties for four years, where he served as Cha irma n of the Elections and Educational Committees and Vice Chairman of t he He alth and Welfare Committees.
      In 1976 Grover purchased a drug store in University Mall in Orem, Utah f r om Walgreens and renamed it Swallows Drugs. They moved to Provo, Utah ( an d then later, Orem), but still kept their store in Caliente. Later the y a dded another store in Layton, Utah. Grover was a former president o f th e University Mall Merchants Association and served as a member of th e Ore m City Council for several years.
      After closing Swallows Drugs in Layton, and selling Swallows Drugs in Or e m in 1994, and after all their children were married, Grover and Brook i e returned to Lincoln County, Nevada, and ran their store in Caliente u nt il selling it in 2001 and finally retiring. They built a lovely new re tir ement home in Panaca, which they still own, and where Grover passed a wa y on April 22, 2009.
      Grover was an active member of the LDS Church, having served faithfull y i n many callings, including Superintendent of the Uvada (later Enterpr ise , Utah) Stake Sunday School, Uvada Stake High Council, Second Counsel or i n the Uvada Stake Presidency, bishop of the BYU 89th Ward, Second Co unsel or in the Grandview Stake Presidency, BYU 3rd Stake High Council , m ember s hip clerk, High Priests Group Leader, Ward Missionary, and Wa rd Histori an.
      Grover is survived by his spouse, E. Brookie Condie Swallow of Panaca, N e vada, and by his 10 children, C. Thomas Swallow of Los Angeles, Califor ni a, Dana Hill (Mike) of South Jordan, Utah, Brookie Cay Swallow of Pana ca , Nevada, Vanda Haynes (Hyrum) of Orem, Utah, Roxanne Probst (Marc) o f Sa lt Lake City, Utah, J. Bruce Swallow (Cindy) of Johnston, Iowa, Emil y Mus e (Derek) of Holladay, Utah, Dorcas Rushton (Troy) of Ashland, Mass achuse tts, Grover M. Swallow (Amber Mackey) of Hawthorne, New Jersey, an d Diann a Hall (Dale) of Pleasant Grove, Utah, a sister Shirley Gotchy (S tan, dec eased) of Sunset, Utah, and 47 grandchildren and 21 great-grandc hildren . He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas C. and Vanda D . Swallo w of Meadow, Utah, his brother Chad Swallow (Norma, surviving) o f Kaysvil le, Utah, and his sisters Opal Jones (Lynn) of Murray, Utah, a n d Thera R oss (Sheldon, surviving) of Reno, Nevada.
      Even though he is greatly missed, Grover is now finally serving the miss i on he longed for. Funeral services will be held Monday, April 27 at 11: 0 0 am in the Panaca, Nevada LDS Stake Center, preceded by a viewing at 9 :3 0 am.

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