Darlene M. Swartz, 59, of Tiffin, died Saturday evening, April 5, 2008, in the emergency room at Mercy Hospital of Tiffin.
On Jan. 28, 1949, she was born in Tiffin to George and Virginia (Grover) LaFontaine. On June 26, 1969, she married Richard Lee Swartz in St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Survivors include her mother, Virginia of Tiffin; two sons, Richard Lee (Kara) Swartz of Fort Gordon, Ga., and Craig Aubrey (Sandra) Swartz of Tiffin; three sisters, Ruth LaFontaine of Pasadena, Md., and Donna Hook and Roxie McGee, both of Tiffin; friends, Dawn Thoney, Charles Slysz and Dr. Jerry Solomon; a special friend, David Steinmetz of Tiffin; and six grandchildren, Hannah and Sarah Swartz and Michael, Robert, Samantha and Timothy Swartz.
Preceding her in death were her father Aug. 17, 2005; her husband, Richard, Sept. 11, 1999; and a brother, Greg McGee.
Darlene was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and a 1967 graduate of Calvert High School. She was a day care provider for more than 20 years and a past member of Tiffin Moose Lodge 846 and an auxiliary member of Eagles 402. She received the P&A presidential award for walking, which she loved to do.
A Mass of Christian burial is 10 a.m. Friday, April 11, 2008, at St. Mary Catholic Church with the Rev. Timothy Ferris officiating. A rosary is to be prayed 15 minutes prior to Mass. Entombment is to follow at Seneca Memory Garden Mausoleum.
Rick Swint
Darlene Swartz
April 8, 2008
On Jan. 28, 1949, she was born in Tiffin to George and Virginia (Grover) LaFontaine. On June 26, 1969, she married Richard Lee Swartz in St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Survivors include her mother, Virginia of Tiffin; two sons, Richard Lee (Kara) Swartz of Fort Gordon, Ga., and Craig Aubrey (Sandra) Swartz of Tiffin; three sisters, Ruth LaFontaine of Pasadena, Md., and Donna Hook and Roxie McGee, both of Tiffin; friends, Dawn Thoney, Charles Slysz and Dr. Jerry Solomon; a special friend, David Steinmetz of Tiffin; and six grandchildren, Hannah and Sarah Swartz and Michael, Robert, Samantha and Timothy Swartz.
Preceding her in death were her father Aug. 17, 2005; her husband, Richard, Sept. 11, 1999; and a brother, Greg McGee.
Darlene was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and a 1967 graduate of Calvert High School. She was a day care provider for more than 20 years and a past member of Tiffin Moose Lodge 846 and an auxiliary member of Eagles 402. She received the P&A presidential award for walking, which she loved to do.
A Mass of Christian burial is 10 a.m. Friday, April 11, 2008, at St. Mary Catholic Church with the Rev. Timothy Ferris officiating. A rosary is to be prayed 15 minutes prior to Mass. Entombment is to follow at Seneca Memory Garden Mausoleum.