OBIT: John Walter SWEIGART, 1973, Liverpool, Perry County, PA

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J. Sweigart

  LIVERPOOL – John W. "Big John" Sweigart, 46, Liverpool RD1, died Sunday at 
2:45 p.m. while visiting a neighbor.
  Mr. Sweigart had been under the care of a physician after being released from 
Geisinger Medical Center Danville, last September.  Death was attributed to a 
heart attack.
  Born March 9, 1927, a (sic) Liverpool RD1 he was the son of the late Harry J. 
and Emma Funk Sweigart.
  He received his education in the Perry County school system.
  Mr. Sweigart was a lumberman and did custom farming.  For the last year and a 
half he was employed as an equipment operator for the Pennsylvania Department of 
Transportation.
  He was a member of the Liverpool Fire Company; the Liverpool American Legion; 
Loyal Order of the Moose 1173, Selinsgrove, and the American Federation of 
State, County and municipal Employes (sic) Local 2137.
  Surviving him are two sisters, Mrs. George Spicher, Millerstown RD2, and Mrs. 
Albert Kantz, Selinsgrove RD3; two brothers, Jacob S. Sweigart, Willow Grove and 
Clayton L. Sweigart, Selinsgrove RD3.
  The funeral service will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. from the George P. 
Garman Funeral Home, Liverpool.  The Rev. J. Kenneth Barner, pastor of Mount 
Holly Springs officiate.
  Burial will be in Barner's Church Cemetery, Liverpool RD1.
  Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday evening.

Undated newspaper clipping.

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Funeral Card:

In Memory Of

JOHN WALTER SWEIGART
Liverpool RD 1, Perry County, Pa.

Born
MARCH 9, 1927
Liverpool RD 1, Perry County, Pa.

Entered Into Rest
APRIL 22, 1973
Liverpool RD 1, Perry County, Pa.

Age
46 YEARS 1 MONTH 13 DAYS

Memorial Services
THE GEO. P. GARMAN FUNERAL HOME
606 N. Front St., Liverpool, Pa.
Thursday, April 26, 1973 at 11 a.m.

Interment
BARNER'S CHURCH CEMETERY
Liverpool RD 1, Pa.

Clergy
REV. J. KENNETH BARNER

Arrangements
THE GEO. P. GARMAN FUNERAL HOME
606 N. Front St., Liverpool, Pa.

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