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[[Image:Frances swart.jpg|200px|thumb|right|<center>Francis Swart 1910-2006</center>]] | |||
==Birth== | |||
Francis Emily Swart was born on March 16, 1910, in [[Dormansville]], the daughter of [[Channing Swart]] and [[Ethel Jane Stanton]].<ref name="obit">Obituary of Francis Swart, Published in the Times Union (Albany NY) and [[Altamont Enterprise]] (Altamont, NY)</ref> | |||
==Education== | |||
She attended the one room schoolhouse in [[Dormansville]] through the eighth grade, then attended Ravena High School, graduating in 1927. She attended New Paltz Normal School, graduating in 1930.<ref name="obit" /> | |||
==Occupation== | |||
Frances was a teacher and began teaching in the one room schoolhouse in [[Dormansville]] (grades 1-6), where she herself had attended and which had become part of the Greenville Central School District. In 1944, she left to teach middle grades in South Bethlehem a part of the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk School District. She taught in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feura_Bush,_New_York Feura Bush] fourth and fifth grades until the Becker Building was finished and taught the same grades until retiring in 1965. following her retirement, Frances was a substitute teacher for an additional 10 years.<ref name="obit" /> | |||
Frances was also wrote a weekly column for over 50 years on the happenings in Dormansville for [http://www.altamontenterprise.com/ The [[Altamont Enterprise]]] newspaper. | |||
==Marriage & Children== | |||
Francis never married, she was at one time engaged to [[Albert Talmadge]] until his death in 1939. | |||
==Death== | |||
Francis died on July 16, 2006, at age 96, at the Good Samaritan Lutheran Home in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmar,_New_York Delmar, NY]<ref name="obit" /> | |||
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'''DORMANSVILLE''' ''Frances Emily Swart, 96, of Dormansville, N.Y., passed away on July 16, 2006 at the Good Samaritan Lutheran Home in Delmar, N.Y. She was born on March 16, 1910, daughter of the late Channing and Ethel (Stanton) Swart and lived her entire life in Dormansville. Frances attended the one room schoolhouse in Dormansville through the eighth grade, then attended Ravena High School, graduating in 1927. She attended New Paltz Normal School, graduating in 1930. She began teaching in the one room schoolhouse in Dormansville (grades 1-6), where she herself had attended and which had become part of the Greenville Central School District. In 1944, she left to teach middle grades in South Bethlehem a part of the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk School District. She taught in Feura Bush fourth and fifth grades until the Becker Building was finished and taught the same grades until retiring in 1965. following her retirement, Frances was a substitute teacher for an additional 10 years. She was a lifelong member of the Dormansville U.M. Church and a member of the United Methodist Women; holding many offices in both. She was active in many phases of the church program including Sunday school and youth group. For several years, she was church organist. She was a member of the Hiawatha Grange for 78 years and held several office's in the Grange. She is survived by her sister, Beatrice Stewart; a niece, Valerie Overcash and her husband Wayne; grandnieces, Elizabeth Overcash and Victoria Montelongo and a grandnephew, Jonathan Rueda. Funeral service will be Friday, July, 2006 at 1 p.m. at the Dormansville U. M. Church. Interment will be in the Greenville Cemetery. Arrangements a re under the direction of the Cunningham Funeral Home, 4898 SR81, Greenvil le, N.Y. Frances wished that, in her memory and in lieu of flowers, friends would remember the Dormansville U.M. Church, support it and attend it.'' | |||
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Revision as of 11:40, May 15, 2022
Birth
Francis Emily Swart was born on March 16, 1910, in Dormansville, the daughter of Channing Swart and Ethel Jane Stanton.[1]
Education
She attended the one room schoolhouse in Dormansville through the eighth grade, then attended Ravena High School, graduating in 1927. She attended New Paltz Normal School, graduating in 1930.[1]
Occupation
Frances was a teacher and began teaching in the one room schoolhouse in Dormansville (grades 1-6), where she herself had attended and which had become part of the Greenville Central School District. In 1944, she left to teach middle grades in South Bethlehem a part of the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk School District. She taught in Feura Bush fourth and fifth grades until the Becker Building was finished and taught the same grades until retiring in 1965. following her retirement, Frances was a substitute teacher for an additional 10 years.[1]
Frances was also wrote a weekly column for over 50 years on the happenings in Dormansville for The Altamont Enterprise newspaper.
Marriage & Children
Francis never married, she was at one time engaged to Albert Talmadge until his death in 1939.
Death
Francis died on July 16, 2006, at age 96, at the Good Samaritan Lutheran Home in Delmar, NY[1]
Obituary
DORMANSVILLE Frances Emily Swart, 96, of Dormansville, N.Y., passed away on July 16, 2006 at the Good Samaritan Lutheran Home in Delmar, N.Y. She was born on March 16, 1910, daughter of the late Channing and Ethel (Stanton) Swart and lived her entire life in Dormansville. Frances attended the one room schoolhouse in Dormansville through the eighth grade, then attended Ravena High School, graduating in 1927. She attended New Paltz Normal School, graduating in 1930. She began teaching in the one room schoolhouse in Dormansville (grades 1-6), where she herself had attended and which had become part of the Greenville Central School District. In 1944, she left to teach middle grades in South Bethlehem a part of the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk School District. She taught in Feura Bush fourth and fifth grades until the Becker Building was finished and taught the same grades until retiring in 1965. following her retirement, Frances was a substitute teacher for an additional 10 years. She was a lifelong member of the Dormansville U.M. Church and a member of the United Methodist Women; holding many offices in both. She was active in many phases of the church program including Sunday school and youth group. For several years, she was church organist. She was a member of the Hiawatha Grange for 78 years and held several office's in the Grange. She is survived by her sister, Beatrice Stewart; a niece, Valerie Overcash and her husband Wayne; grandnieces, Elizabeth Overcash and Victoria Montelongo and a grandnephew, Jonathan Rueda. Funeral service will be Friday, July, 2006 at 1 p.m. at the Dormansville U. M. Church. Interment will be in the Greenville Cemetery. Arrangements a re under the direction of the Cunningham Funeral Home, 4898 SR81, Greenvil le, N.Y. Frances wished that, in her memory and in lieu of flowers, friends would remember the Dormansville U.M. Church, support it and attend it.
Additional Media
Farewell 
Obituary 1 
Obituary 2
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Obituary of Francis Swart, Published in the Times Union (Albany NY) and Altamont Enterprise (Altamont, NY)
