Karen Swartz 1940-2009

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KINSMAN - Karen Swartz, 69, passed away Sunday morning, Nov. 1, 2009, at Orange Village Care Center, Masury.

She was born Oct. 29, 1940, in Sharon, Pa., a daughter of Lauren and Jennie Gill Templeton.

Mrs. Swartz retired from Packard in 1983 as a press operator after working 19 1/2 years. She was a graduate of Sharpsville High School where she was a majorette and in the band. She was of the Methodist faith.

She was a member of the Good Sam Club, the O.E.S. Kinsman No. 518, a CB radio club with the handle of ''Pepsi,'' was affiliated with Rainbow Girls and DeMolay, and was a former Cub Scout den mother.

She enjoyed camping, Indians games, bowling, playing bingo and gambling.

She is survived by her husband, H. Wayne Swartz, whom she married Oct. 4, 1969; two daughters, Bonita (Charles) Fertig of Sharpsville, Pa., and Rebecca Smith and Richard Broll of Hartford; a son, Lauren Thomas of Kinsman; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; her mother of Masury and a very good friend, Sonja Black.

She was preceded in death by a grandson, Michael and her father.

Friends and relatives may call at Galloway-Onstott Funeral Home, 3451 state Route 7, Hartford, from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Sharpsville, Pa.

Material donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 1805 W. Market St., Akron, Ohio 44313, or to the Kidney Foundation, 45 Edgewater Drive, Youngstown, Ohio 44515.

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