Swain’s General Store to close at noon Saturday for owner’s services
Published 12:01 am Friday, December 30, 2011
SEQUIM — A celebration of life for Rebecca Swain Gedlund, the owner of Swain’s General Store, will be held in the second-floor reception room at John Wayne Marina at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Swain’s, at 602 E. First St. in Port Angeles, will be open only from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday so employees can attend the services.
Gedlund passed away peacefully at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles on Christmas Day from lung cancer. She was 59.
In addition to owning Swain’s, part of the North Olympic Peninsula fabric since it was founded by her father and
mother in 1957, Gedlund also oversaw the Swain’s Family Foundation, which gives thousands of dollars in charitable donations each year to organizations across Jefferson and Clallam counties.
