Mabel Carolina Swanson was born May 8, 1911 to Perry and Josephine (Carlson) Swanson on the family farm in Elm Creek Township, Martin County, Minnesota. She attended rural school District #55 Elm Creek Township. On September 23, 1936, Mabel was united in marriage to Arvid Sjogren in the Parsonage of the Evangelical Covenant Church in Triumph, Minnesota. After their marriage they farmed ArvidÂ's family farm in Cedar Township until turning it over to his son, Dennis who is farming it today. Arvid and Mabel moved into Trimont in 1981 and on August 29, 1997 became a resident of the Trimont Health Care Center. Mabel was a member of the Evangelical Covenant Church, itÂ's Ladies Aid, choir, active in the Cradle Roll and was a Sunday School Teacher. Arvid and Mabel enjoyed traveling to Europe especially to the Holy Land, Sweden, Norway and Russia. Mabel also enjoyed gardening, baking, cooking and entertaining. They wintered south in Texas or Arizona.

Mabel died on Tuesday afternoon, June 13, 2006 at the Trimont Health Care Center in Trimont, Minnesota at the age of ninety-five years.

Those Who Shared in MabelÂ's Life
Her four children: son, Carl Sjogren of Bisbee, Arizona; daughter, Phyllis Smith and her husband, Bob, of St. Petersburg, Florida; daughter, Gloria Brunzell and her husband, Gene, of Arcadia, California; son, Dennis Sjogren and his wife, Roxanne, of rural Trimont, Minnesota; special niece who they helped raise, Linda Miest and her husband Earl of Manhattan, Montana; 10 grandchildren Shauna, Perry, Heidi, Lisa, Duc, Kristen, Jon, Joshua, Sonja and Kiley; 8 great-grandchildren Lauren, Annie, John, Ella, William, Andrew, Katie and Kristina; sisters-in-law, Margie Swanson of Willmar, Minnesota and Ruby (Swanson) Wallace of Arden Hills, Minnesota; many nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.

Mabel was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Roy Swanson, Carl Swanson and Lloyd Swanson, sister, Violet Carlson, daughter-in-law, Sharon Sjogren; sisters-in-law, , Vivian (Victor) Olson, Esther (Everett) Adamson and Sophie (Lloyd) Benson; brother-in-law, Oscar (Ella) Sjogren and other relatives and friends.