ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: SWARTZ, RICHARD “RICKY” ALLEN, III

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: St. Tammany News

Published on Friday, August 20, 2010 

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Richard “Ricky” Allen Swartz III, March 13, 1982 to Thursday, July 29, 2010.

“We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be 
to arrive when we started and know that place for the first time.”

Ricky has arrived at that place and is watching over all of us. He is 
orchestrating this entire process and hoping everyone will enjoy his final 
celebration of life. Some of his greatest adventures were traveling to spend 
time and do work in Sudan, Kenya and England.

Ricky was a 2000 graduate of Northshore High and a 2005 graduate of the 
University of New Orleans, where he won three Aramark scholarships for 
comprehensive essays and was president of HENA. He received the “Outstanding 
Leadership” award for acting as the official student ambassador to recruit new 
students. He also spent a summer at New York University and interned at Disney 
World. At Disney, he was awarded two Disney Fanatic Awards for Outstanding 
Service and Outstanding Leadership, which was the highest award an intern can 
receive.

Ricky was the beloved son of Richard A. Swartz Jr. and Charmaine B. Swartz of 
Slidell. He is survived by his sister Jamie Swartz Doming (husband Richard); 
nieces, Audrey and Sophia Doming; grandfather Richard A. Swartz Sr., (wife 
Janice); aunts, Sandra Swartz and Beverly Frey (husband Patrick); uncles, Steve 
Swartz (wife Diana) and Warren Bracamontes (wife Carmel) and many cousins and 
wonderful friends. He was preceded by grandmothers Thelma Swartz and Madge 
Bracamontes and grandfather John Bracamontes.

His love of life will carry us on, and we will meet him at the final destination 
when this journey called life is done. May he live on in everyone’s thoughts for 
his many stories, dreams, aspirations and friendship he gave to all.

Visitation will be held from 2-4 p.m. today at Grace Memorial Baptist Church. 
Celebration of his life will begin at 4 p.m. A private burial for the family 
will follow.

In lieu of flowers, donations are preferred to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, 
5001 Angel Canyon Road, Kanab, Utah, 84741. Visit www.honakerforestlawn.com to 
sign guestbook. 

Arrangements by Honaker Funeral Home Inc., Slidell.

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