Roger Swallow was a former president of Pine Tree 33, former president of NAFCA and a member of NAFCA chapters 27, 33,
49, among others. Roger was always there to help you out with anything relating to NAFCA. Roger will be missed by anyone in
NAFCA.
Here's the thing on Roger that I put in the Campfire Chatter: On
a sad note, we lost Roger Swallow on March 27th. He was a great guy to know. I had a great honor to get to know
a guy like Roger. I especially enjoyed reading the reports that he had in the Chatter about the history of NAFCA and if anyone
needed help with something for NAFCA, Roger was there to help you out. He was a great NAFCA officer and a great NAFCA President.
Everyone in Canvasback 157 along with everyone in NAFCA will miss you. May our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
Here's the obit on Roger Swallow:
Obituary South Paris-Roger L. Swallow, 65,of Kittery died Tuesday, March 27 at Market Square Health Care Center, where
he had resided for the past two months. He was born in Norway on April 30, 1941 the son of Perley and Arlene Tunney Swallow.
He graduated from Paris High School in 1959 and went on to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard where he graduated from Apprentice school
and worked as a pipefitter. He served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam War. Following his tour of duty he returned to
the Shipyard where he held an office job until his retirement at the age of 52. He worked at the shipyard for 34 years. He
loved camping and enjoyed children. He was a member and past president of the NAFCA, member and past president of the Pine
Tree Chapter #33, and a member of the Palm Tree Chapter #27 in Florida. He was also a member of the 49'ers and other chapters.
He wintered in Florida and camped in Maine in the summer. He once belonged to a bowling league in Portsmouth, N.H. He will
be greatly missed by his family and friends. He is survived by four sisters, Patricia Smart and husband Owen of Bridgton and
Florida, Sharon Martel and her companion Norman Smith, Jr. of Oxford, Perlene Mecervier and her companion George May of South
Paris and Nancy Kimball and her husband Don of Oxford. He was predeceased by his parents; and a niece, Denise Mecervier.
Swallow-Died in South Paris March 27, 2007. Roger L. Swallow, 65, of Kittery. Funeral services will be held on
Saturday, March 31 at 2 p.m. at Weston-Chandler Funeral Home 45 Main St., South Paris with spring interment at Riverside Annex
Cemetery in South Paris. Family and friends may call at the funeral home on Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Donations in his
memory may be given to a charity of your choice. Online condolences may be shared with his family below.
| | Everyone here in NAFCA will miss Roger Swallow. May you rest
in peace.
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