Lewise Swingler

Lewise Blunt Swingler, 83, of Waco, passed away on Monday, May 22, 2006.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 26, at the Lake Shore Baptist Church, 5801 Bishop Drive.

Visitation for family and friends will be from 9 to 10 a.m. on Friday at the OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque.

Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Herds Prairie Cemetery on Highway 2293 in Petteway, Texas.

Lewise was born on September 11, 1922 in Mexia, to Fannie Bell and Lewis Blunt. She went to Mexia schools and graduated from Sam Houston State University. She married Jack Marvin Swingler in 1951. She worked as a librarian at North Waco Elementary School for 10 years.

Lewise was a loving and devoted mother to her children, Nancy, Jack. Jr. and Laura.

She adored her children and put all of her heart and soul into caring for them and their grandchildren, William, Samantha, and Graham Schillaci of Dallas and Otto and John Henry Swingler of Austin.

She wanted each one to know how much they were loved and cared for. Nothing pleased her more than to be surrounded by her family.

Lewise and Jack are members of the Lake Shore Baptist Church. She leaves behind a host of close friends, neighbors, and family as well as a sister, Elizabeth Withrow of Mexia and Lewis Blunt, also of Mexia.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Central Texas Senior Ministry, PO Box 85, Waco TX 76703.