"I will miss my big sister, but I am comforted to know she is in a better place and so happy. I pray that Jesus takes good care of her until we get to see her again someday. Love you, Susie."
In loving memory of
Susan M. Swearingen
September 5, 1949 - July 4, 2011
Susan M. Swearingen died at her home in Bothell, Washington, on July 4, 2011 after a brief illness. She was born September 5, 1949, in Burlington, Iowa, and she grew up in Iowa, Illinois, California, and Washington state. She will be missed for her hearty laugh and for her strong singing voice.
She is survived by her mother, Joan Einecke; and by sisters Barbara Loll, Heidi Swartz, Lyza Latham, and Dora Grace; and brothers Mark Swearingen and Daniel Swearingen.
Susan graduated high school at Lewis and Clark in Spokane, and she attended college at the University of Puget Sound and San Francisco City College. She went to work for AT&T in her twenties, and she was trained there to do technical writing and training. Later her work focused on software development, including more than a dozen years at Microsoft Corporation. She was meticulous in her attention to detail and in completing her assignments.
Susan loved the theater and the performing arts, and she may always have regretted not being able to make her mark in that area. She loved to sing, and she used that in serving many years in the adult choir at Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, thus being able to combine a personal passion with devotion. Those of us who lived at a distance from her will continue to listen to the excellent recordings made by that choir, whose music she loved to make.
Tributes
"Susan and I, being closest in age of the siblings, shared a long history with many shared memories. We lived in a number of different locales, including rural Iowa, inner-city Chicago, and a suburban area of Switzerland, where we both struggled to learn enough German to get through our schoolwork and share activities with peers. We were both rock and roll enthusiasts, and we have compared notes over the years on movies and on the latest literature. We did not always see eye to eye on all matters, though were usually in accord on the larger matters. And we loved each other. I will miss her. "
"Heidi Swartz"
"with heartfelt sympathy from the staff at Washelli"