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David Sweitzer Obituary
David Allen Sweitzer of Northbrook, 63, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 12 after a long battle with cancer. Loving husband to Kathryn (Kam). Predeceased by his parents Dr. Caesar and Rachel Sweitzer and his brother Dean. In addition to Kam, survived by his brothers Caesar (Peg) and Rick (Helen), brother-in-law Kent, and sisters-in-law Pat, Heather and Mary. Much-loved uncle to Emily Jane, Charles, Rachael, Christopher, Taylor, Anna, Mark, Amanda and Emily Claire.
David was born and raised in Wilmette. He was genuinely devoted to his family and had life-long friends all over the country. Once you met David you never forgot him! He had a passion for gathering people together and he was always successful because of his generous heart, kind spirit and genuine interest in everyone he knew. He was a gifted storyteller with remarkable recall. There will be much love and laughter as those stories are shared in his memory.
A memorial service to celebrate David's life will be planned later this summer once we all can be together again. An online gathering will be held Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 5:00 pm. Contact [email protected] for details.
In lieu of flowers, to honor David's love of fishing with friends, donations may be made in Dave's memory to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (nfwf.org).
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April 24, 2020
Dear Switzer Family:
I had the pleasure of knowing Dave. God, what a warm guy! The following is what I posted on our NTE '74 website about Dave. I send you my deepest condolences.
-Joe Goldman,
Evanston
I always saw Dave as a guy who truly, truly, marched to the beat of his own drummer. I also saw something else: I guy whom people from all spectrums liked, and wanted to know. We all had our own crowd and type, be it an academic-ish crowd, athletic, performing arts, tough-guy wanna be's, you name it. And I swear, people from so many crowds wanted Dave as a friend. In one class that I shared with him, he related that he had recently entered some weekend party of our class (you know, where we'd leave the poor parents' home utterly trashed), and he found that so many people were yelling out "Sweitzer! Sweitzer!" as he came in that he just felt that he had to get out of there, so intense was this, and he did so. However, all they were doing was returning the entirely genuine, warm smile and wave of Dave's hand that they had received from him in the hallways all the time. Well, that tells you about his near universal likability, his warmth,and the big- time charisma he exuded. It is my feeling that many people felt like they were a friend of Dave's, no matter what crowd they came from, from the clean cut, to the stoners. Not many folks are warm enough achieve that, in my view.
He and the faculty/administration didn't see eye to eye well as the NTE years passed on (as he once confided to me at a bar stool at Suel's in Northfield, perhaps 15 years ago or so)...but that was just Sweitzer: his own drummer.
Rest easy my friend, and know that we all will miss you. You had a smile for everyone.
Yours,
Joe Goldman
April 22, 2020
Dave was a great neighbor and friend. We enjoyed talking to him when he walked by our home.
We will truly miss him.
Jean and Art Hoppe
April 22, 2020
Thinking of the family and wishing them comfort and peace
Chris Nitto
April 21, 2020
To my good friend and confidant you will be missed by me and many many friends. We had a lot of yucks on the golf course this last summer and looking forward to share some of our good times with our friends.
April 20, 2020
As days go by and things get you weary,
For whilst your eyes are welled and teary,
God Almighty is up above on careful watch,
For your tears He promised to catch.
Psalms 56:8 You keep track of my wandering. Do collect my tears in your skin bottle. Are they not recorded in your book?.
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