Elizabeth Swerdak 80, of Jessup, died Wednesday, at home after a brief illness. Her husband of 53 years was Anthony D. Swerdak who died December 3rd, 2002. Born in Jessup, she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Julia Stahil Szymanski. She was a graduate of Jessup High School and was employed at Masterpiece and Genalite Tree Manufacturing and Barbizon Inc. all of Jessup. A lifelong Jessup resident she was a member of Queen of Angels Parish and St. Stanislaus Kostka Chapel, where she sang in the choir and belonged to the Altar and Rosary Society. She loved to work in the garden. She also liked to bake pound cake at Christmas, doing jigsaw puzzles and Word Find. She took her daily walk and would always meet up with her friends. She enjoyed trips to Mohegan Sun and Atlantic City. She will be sadly missed by all. She was preceded in death by a son, Anthony, who died in 1973, and five brothers; Stanley, Peter, Walter, Joseph, and John Szymanski. The funeral will be Saturday from the Louis M. Margotta Funeral Home, 511 Church St., Jessup with mass at 10AM at St. Michael's Church. Interment St. John's Cemetery, Jessup. Friends may call Friday from 4 to 7 PM.
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Year: 1940; Census Place: Winton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03527; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 35-149 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
"Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF7N-MR1 : 7 January 2020), Anthony Swerdak and Elizabeth A. Szymanski, 18 Jun 1949; citing Marriage, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
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