Frances Iva Swihart

Frances Iva Swihart, 96 of Washington, passed from this world into Glory on Saturday, October 26, 2019 at Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born May 15, 1923, one of fifteen children of Adda Ewing Berdine and Newton Arthur Berdine. After grade school, she worked as a domestic in the Conner and Booth homes. She then worked as a salesclerk at G. C. Murphy’s, in Washington, until her marriage to Charles Sheldon “Chick” Swihart. They enjoyed 60 years of marriage. After she married, she and Chick worked together on the family dairy farm in Amity. They also raised chickens and pigs and had a large garden and apple, peach and cherry trees. The vegetables and fruit were sold at their farm stand on Rt. 19 near their home. They also raised a family of six children on the farm in the country sunshine. Frances enjoyed doing crafts of all kinds, especially plastic canvas. She also enjoyed word finds. She was an avid collector of salt and pepper shakers and enjoyed tending her flowers and shopping. Mrs. Swihart was a member of Nazarene Church in Waynesburg. Surviving are five children, Iva Jane Verner and Charles (Patrice) Swihart of Amity, Sylvia (Eric) Johnson and Raymond (Kathy) Swihart of Washington and Dennis (Vicki) Swihart of Jefferson, Ohio; a daughter-in-law, Sandra Swihart of Mt. Vernon, MO; fifteen grandchildren, Coral (Jim) Bryja, Amy (Doug) Wilson, Mark (Phyllis) Hoge, Karen Logan, Kathleen Verner, Michael (Kathleen) Verner, Kevin Johnson, Tina (Ben) Hines, Ryan (Addison) Johnson, Nickki (Dan) Kennedy, Christopher (Rachel) Swihart, Crystal Shubert, Jason (Jenna) Swihart, Audrey Lazzaro and Clint Swihart; 20 great grandchildren; 3 great great grandchildren; several step grandchildren and great grandchildren; a sister, Dorothy (David) Rist of Baytown, TX. Deceased in addition to her parents and husband are a son, Larry Robert Swihart; two great granddaughters, Alivia Dawn Johnson and Sadie Johnson; six sisters, Margaret Berdine, Nellie Whipple, Ruth Fisher, Hazel Thompson, Jean Berdine and Helen Hamilton; four brothers, Glen “Bud”, Albert “Abe”, Howard “Tub” and Harold “Peewee” Berdine, along with two infant brothers and an infant sister. Friends will be received Friday, November 1, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. the time of service at William G. Neal Funeral Homes Ltd., 925 Allison Ave, Washington with Rev. Laura Saffell officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Gardens. Memorial donations can be made to A-T Children’s Project, 5300 W. Hillsboro Blvd. Suite 105, Coconut Creek, FL 33073.