AKRON - C. Anne Swihart, 73, of 2704 E. Macy-Gilead Road, Macy, died at 2:32 p.m. Aug. 20, 2009, in the emergency room at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
She was born Jan. 1, 1936, in Tippecanoe, to Claude and Mildred Lowrey Rhodes. On Dec. 3, 1955, in Athens, she married Jack E. Swihart, who survives.
She worked as a nurse's aid and a factory worker at Wen Products, Akron, and Dekko, Claypool. She attended Tippecanoe High School. She was an animal lover and was very fond of hummingbirds. She enjoyed being friends with the Amish.
Also surviving are a daughter, Kim (and spouse Dave) Yoder, Mexico, Ind.; three sons: Stuart (and spouse Cindy) Swihart, Goshen; Ricci (and spouse Patti) Swihart, Gilead; and Brett (and spouse Julie) Swihart, Bourbon; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Judy Cormican, Tippecanoe, and Janet (and spouse Chuck) Loomis, Russell, Kan.; and two brothers, Tom (and spouse Merilee) Rhodes, Pueblo, Colo., and Larry Rhodes, Parker, Kan. She was preceded in death by a son, Kelby Swihart, who died in 1997, and a sister, Linda "Susie" Rhodes.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hartzler Funeral Home, 305 W. Rochester St., Akron, with the Rev. Lowell Burrus officiating. Burial will be in Gilead Cemetery.
Calling is from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
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Memorials to Olive Branch Church of God or to Rosie's Retreat and Rescue Animal Shelter.
Condolences may be sent to www.hartzlerfuneralservices.com
