Obituary of Margaret Helen Swearingen

Margaret “Mugsy” Helen Swearingen December 18, 1928 – December 15, 2020 Margaret “Mugsy” Helen Swearingen, 91, passed away December 15, 2020 in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Mugsy was born December 18, 1928 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Arndt and Helen Johnson. She graduated high school in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota where she graduated Valedictorian and she was a member of the Cheer Squad. Mugsy married the love of her life, Lowell “Pete” Swearingen, February 27, 1949 at Red Oak Grove Lutheran Church in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota. Together they shared 58 years of marriage and were blessed with four children, eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. She loved to cook and bake. She enjoyed camping and meeting different people. She loved her children and grandchildren. She was active in her church in Ellendale, Minnesota. Mugsy was preceded in death by her husband Lowell “Pete” Swearingen, her parents, Arndt and Helen Johnson, her brother Norman Johnson and her sister Marion Peterson. She is survived by her sons Kent, Gary (Denise) and David Swearingen, her daughter Kathy (Alan) Knudson, her grandchildren, Tanya (Mark) Powell, Jenna (Trevor) Lowder, Kevin (Katie) Knudson, Chad (Jill) Knudson, Greg (Jami) Swearingen, Brooke (Joel) Torkelson, Holly Swearingen and Noah Swearingen, her great-grandchildren, Harrison and Kassidy Powell, Liam and Abigail Lowder, Lexi Brewington, Brenlee, Jace, Jovey and Rafe Knudson, Andilynn and McKenna Knudson, Taylar Swearingen and Brynn Torkelson. Services were entrusted to the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home. Thoughts and condolences can be sent to the family at www.lietz-frazefuneralhome.com. To send a free card go to www.sendoutcards.com/lietzfraze.