Barbara J Swartz

Barbara J. Swartz, 80 of Fremont, died Wednesday morning at her home. She was born on November 19, 1926 in Fremont to the now deceased Charles and Helen (Moneghan) Schmitz, Sr. Barbara was a 1944 graduate of Fremont Ross High School and in 1945 she graduated from Warner School of Cosmetology in Toledo. On October 15, 1946, she married Elmer Swartz at St. Marks Lutheran Church in Fremont and he survives. Barbara was a meat slicer at Peter Eckrich & Sons for 22 years, retiring in 1987. She is a member of St. Johns Lutheran Church. She traveled to the Holy Land with the Shiloh Methodist Church group in December 1977 and was baptized in the River Jordan. Barbara loved Gospel Music and she loved and adored her family.

Surviving are children, Terry (Linda) Swartz of Millbury, OH, Susan Strohl of Fremont and Karen (David) Griffith of Vickery, OH; 5 grandchildren, Jeffrey Swartz, Kerri (Matt) Moyer, Shane (Angie) McConnell, Tony (Kara) Griffith, Rachel Griffith; 5 great-grandchildren, Alyssa and Blake Moyer, Bryce and Grant McConnell, Brianna Swartz; sisters, Jeanne Michel of Florida, Mary (Bill) Carnicom of Fremont and brother, Ronald (Barbara) Schmitz of Fremont. She is preceded in death by her parents, brother, Charles Jr. and son-in-law, Mark Strohl.

Visitation will be on Friday, August 31 from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. at the Herman-Kinn-Karlovetz Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Fremont. Services will be on Saturday, September 1 at 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home with Pastor Robert Quillen officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Johns Lutheran Church or the Fremont Ross High Swim Boosters in Barbaras name.