Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Swindt, Melvina E. (Hunt) 1925
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Ionia County News, 22 Jan 1925

A Distinct Loss

With the passing at Pewamo last week of Mrs. Melvina E. Swindt the cause of 
higher education in Ionia county lost one of its truest and most sincere 
supporters.  During an entire lifetime Mrs. Swindt gave her best efforts in the 
cause of education in the community in which she spent her life.  Herself a 
teacher when a young lady, it was but natural when she left the school room for 
the home that she continue her interest through all the years.

From our earliest recollections the writer remembers her as a leading member of 
the Board of Education in Pewamo, a member of which she continued until the day 
of her death.  She was secretary of the board and its most influential member 
when the school site was changed a number of years ago and a modern school 
built in pleasant surroundings on the west side of the village.  Out in the 
world today are hundreds of men and women who owe their first inspirations to 
her efforts and the good she was able to accomplish during her life will live 
long after her mortal remains shall have mingled with the dust from which it 
sprang.

Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Hunt, were among the pioneer settlers of Pewamo 
and if we remember correctly it was at their home that the Baptist society of 
Pewamo was formed.  Pioneers of that type were the salt of the earth and so it 
naturally followed that the daughter should be a pioneer in all of the good 
things that influenced village life for nearly half a century.  Mrs. Swindt has 
gone to her well earned reward.  We shall always remember her for her charm of 
manner, for her always pleasant view of life, for her desire to lend a helping 
hand to those about her.  We mourn with those who mourn today, for we feel that 
in her death we, too, lost a sincere friend whom we shall not soon forget.


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