John Edwin Swigart

John Edwin Swigart, 81, of Stephens City, Virginia, died Friday, September 2, 2011, in Blue Ridge Hospice Residential Center, Winchester, Virginia.

Mr. Swigart was born in 1929, in Bryan, Ohio, the son of the late Grover and Margaret Swigart. He was an Engineer with Norfolk and Southern Railroad. Mr. Swigart was a member of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Winchester, Virginia.

Mr. Swigart married Sandra Lehmier on September 12, 1953, in Monroeville, Indiana.

Surviving with his wife are two daughters, Cynthia Ann Hensley of Louisville, Kentucky and Mary Margaret Abate of Bryan, Ohio; two sons, John Michael Swigart of Oak Hill, Virginia; Patrick Joseph Swigart of St. Michaels, Pennsylvania; nine grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 1:30 PM on Friday at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church. Interment will be private.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.

Arrangements are being handled by Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel.

Memorial Contributions may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 West Cork Street, Suite 405, Winchester, Virginia 22601

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