Georgiana Swenson Emery (1925-2024)
Georgiana Swenson Emery, 98, passed away peacefully on January 12, 2024 in her apartment in Mission Viejo, California.
Born April 8, 1925 to Herman and Alice Swenson in Lindsborg, Kansas, she grew up on the family farm in Salina, Kansas and graduated from Salina High School. She married Wilson (Bart) Emery in 1945 and proceeded to move across the country and world over the next 30 plus years. Upon Bart’s death in 1976, Georgiana moved to California and lived for many years in Dana Point before moving to a senior living community in Mission Viejo in 2020. During her years in Dana Point she was active with tennis and the women’s club and volunteered at the Dana Point library. In earlier years she had been active volunteering with the hospital guild in Whittier, California.
Georgiana is survived by her children Wilson, Eloise and Mark, daughter in law Sylvia, five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents Herman and Alice, her husband Bart and her three brothers Leon, Roscoe and Quenten.
Final arrangements are pending.