Elnora was a daughter of Albert and Kathryn (Young) Swope. She taught 2nd and 3rd grades at McCutchanville School. On July 28, 1921, she married Ivan France at the Swope home in McCutchanville.
Birthdays are like stepping stones
Along life's winding hill
Special little vantage points
To pause and just stand still.
To look back over other times
Recall the bygone years
Reliving all the memories
The smiles, the joy, the tears.
Then to leave pasts backward view
And start to climb once more
With faith that years ahead will be
As full as those before.
Written by Elnora (Swope) France on her 100th birthday, August 30, 1994.
From the Browning Genealogy Database, Evansville Vanderburg Public Library, Evansville, IN has these notes: "Age 102. Teacher in German Township Supt and taught Bible School at Church. Church's oldest living member. Pres of School PTA. Named Honorary Firefighter by McCutchanville Volunteer Fire Dept. Enjoyed Gardening and Canning her Harvest Very Active; 15 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren. Daughter, Evelyn Evans of Otwell; Daughter, Lois France of Indy; Son, Lawrence France of McCutchanville; Son, Raymond France of Otwell; Son, Curtis France of Marion, IL; Sister, Isabel McKeegy of Atlanta. James and Bobby France her sons and her daughter Jean preceded her in death. Husband Ivan France died 1940. Funeral Home Alexander North. Cemetery McCutchanville, IN. Church McCutchanville Meth."
Birthdays are like stepping stones
Along life's winding hill
Special little vantage points
To pause and just stand still.
To look back over other times
Recall the bygone years
Reliving all the memories
The smiles, the joy, the tears.
Then to leave pasts backward view
And start to climb once more
With faith that years ahead will be
As full as those before.
Written by Elnora (Swope) France on her 100th birthday, August 30, 1994.
From the Browning Genealogy Database, Evansville Vanderburg Public Library, Evansville, IN has these notes: "Age 102. Teacher in German Township Supt and taught Bible School at Church. Church's oldest living member. Pres of School PTA. Named Honorary Firefighter by McCutchanville Volunteer Fire Dept. Enjoyed Gardening and Canning her Harvest Very Active; 15 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren. Daughter, Evelyn Evans of Otwell; Daughter, Lois France of Indy; Son, Lawrence France of McCutchanville; Son, Raymond France of Otwell; Son, Curtis France of Marion, IL; Sister, Isabel McKeegy of Atlanta. James and Bobby France her sons and her daughter Jean preceded her in death. Husband Ivan France died 1940. Funeral Home Alexander North. Cemetery McCutchanville, IN. Church McCutchanville Meth."
Elnora was a daughter of Albert and Kathryn (Young) Swope. She taught 2nd and 3rd grades at McCutchanville School. On July 28, 1921, she married Ivan France at the Swope home in McCutchanville.
Birthdays are like stepping stones
Along life's winding hill
Special little vantage points
To pause and just stand still.
To look back over other times
Recall the bygone years
Reliving all the memories
The smiles, the joy, the tears.
Then to leave pasts backward view
And start to climb once more
With faith that years ahead will be
As full as those before.
Written by Elnora (Swope) France on her 100th birthday, August 30, 1994.
From the Browning Genealogy Database, Evansville Vanderburg Public Library, Evansville, IN has these notes: "Age 102. Teacher in German Township Supt and taught Bible School at Church. Church's oldest living member. Pres of School PTA. Named Honorary Firefighter by McCutchanville Volunteer Fire Dept. Enjoyed Gardening and Canning her Harvest Very Active; 15 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren. Daughter, Evelyn Evans of Otwell; Daughter, Lois France of Indy; Son, Lawrence France of McCutchanville; Son, Raymond France of Otwell; Son, Curtis France of Marion, IL; Sister, Isabel McKeegy of Atlanta. James and Bobby France her sons and her daughter Jean preceded her in death. Husband Ivan France died 1940. Funeral Home Alexander North. Cemetery McCutchanville, IN. Church McCutchanville Meth."
Birthdays are like stepping stones
Along life's winding hill
Special little vantage points
To pause and just stand still.
To look back over other times
Recall the bygone years
Reliving all the memories
The smiles, the joy, the tears.
Then to leave pasts backward view
And start to climb once more
With faith that years ahead will be
As full as those before.
Written by Elnora (Swope) France on her 100th birthday, August 30, 1994.
From the Browning Genealogy Database, Evansville Vanderburg Public Library, Evansville, IN has these notes: "Age 102. Teacher in German Township Supt and taught Bible School at Church. Church's oldest living member. Pres of School PTA. Named Honorary Firefighter by McCutchanville Volunteer Fire Dept. Enjoyed Gardening and Canning her Harvest Very Active; 15 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren. Daughter, Evelyn Evans of Otwell; Daughter, Lois France of Indy; Son, Lawrence France of McCutchanville; Son, Raymond France of Otwell; Son, Curtis France of Marion, IL; Sister, Isabel McKeegy of Atlanta. James and Bobby France her sons and her daughter Jean preceded her in death. Husband Ivan France died 1940. Funeral Home Alexander North. Cemetery McCutchanville, IN. Church McCutchanville Meth."
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