SPRING HILL, Fla. — Mr. Donald R. Swanson, 86, of Spring Hill, Fla. passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2012.

Born Dec. 20, 1925 in Chicago, Donald was the son of Algot and Gerda Swanson. The family moved to the Kinsman, Ill., area in the spring of 1929, when Don was 4 years old. He relocated to Morris in 1956.

Donald worked in the construction business for most of his life and built several homes in the Morris area. He was a partner in the Morris Construction Company from 1970to 1988, and retired to Florida in the summer of 2000.