OBIT: Mary L. (COX) SWEITZER, 2003, native of Blair County, PA

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MARY LOUISE COX SWEITZER 

  Mrs. Mary Louise Cox Sweitzer, 78, of Conway and a former resident of 
Tyrone and Altoona, died Sunday, July 6, 2003 at her home following a 
brief illness.
  She was born April 5, 1925 in Tyrone, the daughter of J. Byron and 
Audrey Troxel Cox.
  On Oct. 3, 1944 at the First United Brethren Church in Oklahoma City, 
OK she was married to John L. Sweitzer, who preceded her in death on 
May 14, 1986.
  She is survived by two daughters, Jane L. Springman, wife of Karl, of 
Beaver, and Judy A. King, wife of Karl, of Altoona; five grandchildren, 
Julie Allison, wife of Steve, of Beaver, Karl Springman Jr. and wife 
Sunday of Tucson, AZ, John King of Hollidaysburg and Karen King, and 
Cynthia Wise, wife of Douglas, both of Altoona; and two great-
grandchildren, Julia Wise and Jeffrey Allison.
  Also surviving are three sisters, Jean Wilson of Tipton, Doris Garber 
and Nancy McEwen, both of Tyrone; two brothers, Joseph Cox of Cox 
Springs, LA., and Calvin Cox of Tyrone; a sister-in-law, Joan Gunsallus 
of Beaver, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
  She was a 1943 graduate of Tyrone High School and a life member of 
the Tyrone Church of the Brethren. Before moving to Conway in 1968, she 
was employed as an executive assistant at the former Vincent Horowitz 
Shoe Company in Altoona.
  Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 9 at 1:30 p.m. at the 
Richard H. Searer Funeral Home Inc. with Rev. Warren MacEachern 
officiating. Interment will follow in East Lawn Cemetery.
  Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.  

Tyrone Daily Herald, July 7, 2003