Obituary of Helen R. Swan

Helen R. Swan, age 100 of Idetown, passed away Monday, April 8, 2013 at the Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Mrs. Swan was born in Dallas, on January 1, 1913 and was the daughter of the late Horace and Miranda Rogers Spencer. Helen graduated from Dallas Township High School in 1931. She attended Noxen Bible Baptist Church. She enjoyed quilting and flower gardening. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Preston who passed away in 1996, brothers, Harry, Russell, and Ernest Spencer, sisters, Ethel Shaver and Mabel Whitesell. She is survived by her son, Kenneth D. Swan and his wife Elaine of Idetown; sister, Liva Harris of Dallas; grandchildren, Scott Swan and his wife Mary Ellen of Rockaway, NJ and David Swan of Dallas; great step-granddaughter, Taylor. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 am from the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home, Inc., corners of routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek, with Pastor Jerry Tallent and Pastor Joel Mitchell of the Noxen Bible Baptist Church, officiating. Friends may call 7:00 - 9:00 PM on Thursday at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Kocher Cemetery, Lake Twp. Helen's family would like to thank the staff at the Meadows Nursing Center for the kind and compassionate care they gave to their mother. The family requests memorial contributions to be made to the Noxen Bible Baptist Church, 3622 State Route 29, Noxen, PA 18636.