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Leslie Minor Swartz - Obit
Mrs. Leslie Minor Swartz, 92, of Mount Lebanon (near Pittsburgh), ente
ed into eternal rest at 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 23, 2004 in St. Clai
Memorial Hospital, Pittsburgh.She was born May 25, 1912 in Baltimore
, MD, the daughter of the late Leslie and Eleanor Horland (Wheat) Mino
. Mrs. Swartz graduated from Goucher College with a bachelor's of ar
t degree in 1933 and also from Bucknell University where she earned he
master's degree in mathematics in 1936. It was at Bucknell Universit
y where she met her husband-to-be, Lloyd Monroe Swartz, or Richfield
, who is the son of the late Banks and Dora (Barner) Swartz. They wer
e married July 17, 1941 and her passing breaks a marital union of 63 y
ears.
She was a former member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Lewisburg, t
he Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Dormont, and at the time of her deat
h, was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Mount Lebanon. She wa
s active in church activities.
Mrs. Swartz had an avid interest in family history and was a member o
f the Genealogy Group of Mount Lebanon Public Library.
Surviving, in addition to her husband, are one son, Lloyd Minor Swart
z and wife Carol of Boerne, TX; two daughters, Eleanor S. Sharp and he
husband David R. of Murrysville and Margaret Hynes and her husband P
aul of Lyman, WY; eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; an
d one brother, Henry Clay Minor of Mechanicsburg.The was preceded in d
eath by one sister, Jean Louise Minor, in infancy.
Friends and family may call from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Fait
h Lutheran Church, Richfield RR1, where the funeral will follow at 11:
00 with Rev. Timothy W. Bingman officiating. Burial will be in the ad
joining church cemetery.
Memorial gifts may be made to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 1066 Washin
gton Rd, Mount Lebanon, PA 15228; Mount Lebanon Genealogy Group, c/o M
ount Lebanon Public Library, 16 Castle Shannon Rd., Mount Lebanon, P
A 15228; or to Campus Crusade for Christ account 0527981, PO Box 62822
2, Orlando, FL 32862.
Funeral arrangements were made by George P. Garman Funeral Home, Inc.
, Mt. Pleasant Mills.
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