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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1998
Judy E. Swerlein
Retired St. Francis employee
Judy E. Swerlein, 55, of 296 1/2 Ohio Ave, Tiffin died at 8:10 a.m., Thursday, April 23, 1998. She was born in Tiffin to Harold R. and Florence (Zender) Kuhn. Her mother survives. She married Ronald Swerlein, and he passed away.
Survivors include: four sons, Todd Malone of Kissimmee, FL, Michael, Rex, and Chris Malone, all of Tiffin; a brother, Richard H. Kuhn of Tiffin; a sister, Sharon Gruss of Chicago, IL.; and three grandchildren
She was preceded in death by her father.
Mrs. Swerlein attended Calvert High School. She was retired from St. Francis as a nurse's aide and was a former member of St. Mary's Church and the DAV.
A Memorial service will be held at a later date; a private burial will be at St. Joseph's cemetery.
There will be no visitation. Arrangements will be handled by the Turner-Engle Funeral Home.
Fern L. (Cross) Pence
Fremont resident
Fern L. (Cross) Pence, 86, formerly of Woodland Ave., Fremont, and Ottawa County Riverview Nursing Home, died on Tuesday, April 21, 1998. She was born June 03, 1911, in Bellefontaine to Charles L. and Ethel (Legg) Cross. On Nov. 14, 1930, she married Olen H. Pence. He died in February 1987.
Survivors include: four sons, Paul and Ronald Pence, both of Foley, Ala., Richard Pence of Macedonia, and Olen Pence Jr. of Fremont; five daughters, Jean Mann of Tiffin, Cintra Eshenberner of Akron, Barbara Gatton of Tiffin, Judy Bernard of Clyde, and Sharon Banister of Charlotte, N.C.; 24 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, Charles; a brother Charles Cross; and two sisters, Ada Willouby and Pauline Campbell
Mrs. Pence was a homemaker and an organist for the Church of God for more than 20 years. She also taught Sunday School for many years. A leader of the Sr. Citizen Band for 15 years, she represented the Sr. Citizens on the W.S.O.S. Board.
The Rev. Rob Breitigam will officiate the 1:30 p.m., Saturday, April 25, 1998 service at the Wonderly-Horvath Funeral Home. Burial will be at Oakwood cemetery, Fremont.
Visitation hours are today from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Ottawa County Riverview Nursing Home.
Sister Frances Ann Schismenos
Sister of St. Francis
Sister Frances Ann Schismenos, 51, of Sister of St. Francis, Tiffin died at 5:15 p.m., Thursday, April 23, 1998. She resided in Mansfield where she worked at St. Peter's Church.
Arrangements are pending at the Hannay-Traunero Funeral Home, Tiffin.