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SWEDBERG -- James Lee Swedberg died of a massive heart attack on Friday, April 8, 2011, two days before his seventy-fifth birthday. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Florence Swedberg, his brothers John Gray and Gerald Swedberg, and his sister Virginia Zwicke. His sister Genevieve Cavanaugh survives. Jim was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 10, 1936. He graduated from Roosevelt High School, Oahu, in 1956, got his BS from New Mexico State in 1959, and an MS from the University of Arizona in 1979. A lifelong Missouri Synod Lutheran, Jim gave selflessly to his church, his wife, his children and his grandchildren. He is survived by Kay, his wife of 54 years; his daughters Jennifer Bohnhoff and husband Henry of Albuquerque, NM, Wendy Macdonald and husband Robert of Duxbury, MA, Heather Patrick and husband Robert of Alamogordo, NM, and Heidi Swedberg and husband Philip Holahan of Los Angeles, CA. His grandchildren are Matt, James and John Bohnhoff, Sarah Macdonald, and Oona and Lyra Holahan. In lieu of flowers, please give generously of your time and talents to your house of worship.
        Published on: Sun April 17, 2011