Peter A. Swarts

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Peter A. "Pete" Swarts, 85, of Church Road in Sparta, passed away
Tuesday evening (July 25, 2000) at Strong Memorial Hospital in
Rochester after being stricken at home.
He was born in Sparta on June 7, 1915, the son of the late Irven and
Edna Smith Swarts. On Oct. 25, 1939, he was married to the former
Elizabeth Crane who survives.
Pete was a self-employed farmer and lumberman and had operated Swarts
Lumber Company in Sparta for many years.
He had attended the Sparta Center United Methodist Church. He was a
former member of the Dansville Exchange Club, the former Dansville
Grange and was a great collector of Lionel Electric Trains.
Surviving in addition to his dear wife Elizabeth are his son, Peter
"Chris" (Margery) Swarts of Sparta; three daughters, Karen (Earl
Daley) Emory of Naples, Lisa (Doug) Sanford of Dansville and Lydia
(Mike Baker) Depuy also of Sparta; 11 grandchildren and one
great-grandson; several nieces, nephews and many friends.
Friends may call Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 at Hindle Funeral Home,
271 Main St., Dansville. A memorial service will be held Saturday at
11 a.m. in the Sparta Center United Methodist Church, with the Rev.
Jamie Stevens and the Rev. David Hotchkiss officiating. Interment will
be in Greenmount Cemetery, Dansville.
Contributions may be made to the Sparta Center United Methodist
Church, 8455 Sparta Center Road, or the Dansville Ambulance Fund, P.O.
Box 235, both of Dansville, N.Y. 14437

Peter married Elizabeth Crane on 25 Oct 1939. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]