Ethel M. Swistak

1940 - 2011

Ethel Swistak

Ethel Mae Rose Lucille Swistak, nee Albert, 70, of Belleville, Ill., born Aug. 7, 1940, in Belleville, Ill., passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at her residence.

Mrs. Swistak had worked as an invoice clerk for Emmerson Electric in St. Louis, Mo. She also had worked for National Supermarkets as a cashier and then later for Schnucks. She was a member or Zion Evangelical Church in Millstadt, Ill.

Mrs. Swistak was preceded in death by her husband, John William Swistak Sr.; her parents, Carl and Martha Selma Kathrine, nee Scharf, Albert; her brothers-in-law, Glenn Agnew and Steve Franke; and her sister-in-law, Linda Swistak.

Surviving are her sons, John Swistak Jr. and Michael Swistak, both of Belleville, Ill.; her sisters, Carolyn Jean (Perl) Hazelip and Norma Lee Franke, both of Belleville, Ill.; her sisters-in-law, Ruth Anne Strause and Nancy Biddlecom, both of Charleston, S.C., she is also survived by aunts, uncles, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

Memorials may be made to Zion Evangelical Church in Millstadt, Ill., or Hospice of Southern Illinois.

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Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 22, 2011, at Strauss-Leesman Funeral Home in Millstadt, Ill., and 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 23, 2011, at Zion Evangelical Church in Millstadt, Ill.

Funeral: Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 23, 2011, at Zion Evangelical Church in Millstadt, Ill., with Rev. Darrell Weber officiating. Burial will be at Mount Evergreen Cemetery in Millstadt, Ill.

STRAUSS-LEESMAN

FUNERAL HOME,

Millstadt, Ill.