In Memory
Leo M. Swartz
Aug 12, 1914 - Feb 14, 1967
Leo M. Swartz, 52, of 112 Miami Club Dr., died at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. Joseph's Hospital following a short illness.
Mr. Swartz was a lifetime resident and was born in South Bend, Aug. 12, 1914. He married Helen Sponsler in South Bend, Nov. 15, 1936.
She survives along with one son, Ens. Dennis Swartz, of the U.S. Navy, in Athens, Ga.; two brothers, Kenneth and Robert Swartz, of South Bend, and two sisters, Mrs. Cecil Carles, of South Bend and Mrs. Maurice Kohl, of Ligonier, Ind.
Mr. Swartz was a member of East Methodist Church and a lay delegate to the North Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church. He taught a Sunday School class at East Church and was active in youth organizations in the area for 11 years. Mr. Swartz was a member of Mishawaka Lodge 130, F. & A.M. and of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of St. Joseph Valley. He also was a past advisory council member of the international supreme council of the Order of De Molay through 1963 and 1964. Mr. Swartz also was a member of the Scottish Rite choir, South Bend. He had been employed as a tool and dye machinist at the Star Machine Shop, Elkhart, for the last 12 years.
Friends call in the Bubb Funeral Chapel may after 6 p.m. today.
Sources: Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com and FindAGrave.com
10/09/2026 EJS
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