SWANSON, Joyce

West Valley View, Avondale, Arizona Friday, September 14, 2012 Joyce Swanson, 74, of Buckeye and formerly of Fort Dodge, Iowa, died Sept. 7, 2012, at Banner Estrella Medical Center in Phoenix. Mrs. Swanson was born March 1, 1938, in Somers, Iowa, to Ernest and Margaret Hartzler. She graduated from Somers High School in 1956. She then furthered her education at Tobin Business School. She worked for Peters Law Firm for a number of years. On June 1, 1963, she married Chuck Swanson in Rockwell City. The couple established their home and farmed near Dayton. She worked for Johnson Law Firm in Fort Dodge. In 1985, they relocated to Colorado. There, she worked as an executive assistant for Sullivan Hayes and Colorado Restaurant Management until retiring in 2000. They moved to Buckeye in 2006. She is survived by her husband, Chuck; one son, Craig of Goodyear; two daughters, Jennifer Chin of Highlands Ranch, Colo., and Rachel Howard of Oakland, Calif.; four grandchildren; two brothers, Roger Hartzler of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Duane Hartzler of Ogden, Iowa, and two sisters, Mary Hicks and Geri McGrevey both of Phoenix. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Sept. 16 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home in Fort Dodge. The Rev. Bruce Walrod will officiate. A private family burial will be in Greenfield Township Cemetery, Knierim. Friends may call after 1 p.m. until the time of the service on Sunday at the funeral home.