The Sidney Sun-Telegraph - Serving proudly since 1873 as the beautiful Nebraska Panhandle's first newspaper

A wonderful life she lived.

Mildred Rose Swanson, age 92, passed away on a snowy Sunday evening - March 1, 2020. She was a bookkeeper, accountant and co-owner of the Dalton Telephone Company. She had a green thumb for indoor plants, had great love and compassion for her cats and horses - for animals in general - and cherished trees. Her cinnamon rolls were the best! For her, the ONLY color in the spectrum was Blue. Blue!

Millie, as many called her, was born in a snowstorm on May 4, 1927 to Lloyd Lincoln Lockwood and Nellie Madeline (Rose) Lockwood in Sidney, Nebraska. She played piccolo i...