Eugenia Swanson

Eugenia Fern Swanson was born to Wesley and Fern Jacobs on April 23, 1926, in Edgar, Nebraska and departed into Heaven on May 18, 2026, while living at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in Superior, Nebraska.

She attended the Edgar Public schools until when she was 14 the family moved to southern Missouri. There she met Jim Kirk and after graduation they were married. To this union three children were born: Deanna Jean, Deborah Jane and Robert James. In 1951 she and the children moved back to Edgar and in 1953 she had a son, Richard Eugene.

Eugenia was employed at the Edgar Café for a few years and at Powell’s Grocery. In November of 1963 she married Philip Clyde Shaw. He adopted all four children and they all moved to the farm between Edgar and Deweese. Seven years later they adopted another son, Michel John. In July of 1987 Clyde died of a heart attack. On January 1, 1989, she married a lifelong friend, Robert Swanson and they resided in Edgar. Robert preceded her in death, and she continued to live in Edgar until September 9, 2022, at which time she moved to Superior Good Samaritan.

She was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church in Edgar. Eugenia was active in the church as a long time Deacon and a member of the Presbyterian Women’s Association. She was also a long-time member of the West Buffalo Club in Edgar, Fairfield, and Deweese area. Eugenia also had a weekly program called Jean’s Travel’s at the Edgar Community Home which she truly enjoyed for several years. After “slowing down a little”, as she called it, she continued to babysit many of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Preceding her in death are her parents; three husbands; son, Michel; grandson Justin Shaw; granddaughter Kathleen Thompson; and brother, Wesley Jr.

Left to celebrate her life are her children, Jack and Deanna Schneider of Imperial, NE, Gary and Deborah Schmer of rural Sutton, NE, Robert Shaw of Lincoln, NE, Dick and Sherry Shaw of rural Fairfield, NE; 17 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

The Family will be hosting a Celebration of Life at the Church of the Plains in Edgar on Monday, June 1, 2026 @ 11am.

Memorials are suggested to the Edgar Fire and Rescue or donor’s choice and may be sent in care of Williams & Kuehn Funeral Homes, 241 West 4th Ave., Red Cloud, NE 68970.