W7MEU 1924 - 2020 John L. 'Johnny' Swafford Seattle, WA QCWA # 13074 Chapter 4 First Call: W7MEU in 1954 John was born on June 17, 1924 in Oklahoma City, OK to John Swafford and Vera Mondie. John Lost his father at the age of 10. He Graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma. John enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 15, 1942, he was a part of the Loran Project. He met the girl he would spend his life with at work, at the Telephone company. She was an operator and he was a Switchman at the time. He married Azile V Hartley on June 15, 1952 in Seattle Washington. They were married for 68 loving years. He is a UW Graduate. He was very active in Many things! He was a 50-year Master Mason, 81-year DeMolay member, he belonged to the Scottish Rite, the York Rite, the Shriners, Eastern Star, Pioneers of the Telephone Company, and Swedish club. John is survived by his wife, Azile, Son, John Swafford III (Cindy), Grandchildren, Diana Atkins (Matt), Matthew Swafford (Lauren) and Ryan Swafford (Liza). Great Grandchildren, Lisa Atkins, Michael Coyle, Paul Atkins, Logan Swafford, Eric Swafford & Soon to be Baby Swafford, and Many nieces and nephews. The Funeral Service is scheduled on August 20th at 1:00pm, with full military rights, at Bonney Watson funeral home. Due to Covid-19 we are limited to a small number of people. The Funeral is required to be by invitation only. Bonney Watson will be zooming the ceremony for those that would have wanted to attend. The zoom number for the 20th can be requested at W7MEU2@gmail.com. In lieu of Flowers the family has requested that donations be made to the Scottish Rite Early life speech and Language center http://earlylifespeech.org/Support/Donate or the Telephone History Group https://www.telcomhistory.org/donate/ To Plant Memorial Trees in memory, please visit our Sympathy Store. Published in The Seattle Times on Aug. 16, 2020.