This Day in Corvette History: George Swanson Laid to Rest

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This Day in Corvette History: George Swanson Laid to Rest
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On this day in 1994, the ashes of 71-year-old George Swanson were placed in the driver’s seat of his beloved 27,000 mile 1984 white Corvette. A crane then lifted the sports car and lowered into the 4-plot gravesite in Hempfield County, Pennsylvania. George’s widow Caroline Swanson said, “George always said he lived a fabulous life, and he went out in a fabulous style.”

George Swanson Laid to Rest


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