Schwinden died Saturday in Phoenix at his daughter's home, son Dore Schwinden said Monday.
Schwinden was born Aug. 31, 1925, on his family's farm in Wolf Point on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.
In the early 1950s the couple returned to the Wolf Point area to help on their family farms after Schwinden's father fell ill.
He stayed in Helena but kept returning to the family farm in Wolf Point to help during harvest time until 1998, his son said.
Jean Schwinden died in 2007.
Persons:
Ted Schwinden, Schwinden, son Dore Schwinden, “, ” Ted Schwinden, Jean, Ted, ”, Jean Christianson, Schwinden's, Thomas Judge, Jean Schwinden, Dore Schwinden
Organizations:
Radio, Fort, U.S . Army, Pacific, University of Montana, Montana Grain Growers Association, Gov, Democratic
Locations:
Mont, Phoenix, Oregon, Wolf Point, Fort Peck, Europe, Helena, Wolf, Arizona