Barbara Ruth Swanson

BARBARA RUTH SWANSON AGE: 56 MINE HILL Barbara Ruth Swanson, 56, passed away on Dec. 13 after a long, courageous battle with breast cancer at the Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Clare's Hospital in Dover. She was born and raised in Mine Hill and was the manager of online advertising at Advantage Business Media in Rockaway. She was a lifelong member of the First Memorial Presbyterian Church in Dover. Barbara was a loving mother to Tracey Spagnuolo and her husband Michael of Whippany and Taryn Svercl and her husband Thomas of Springfield, Va. She was also a doting grandmother to Adam Nussbaum, Kamryn, Ava, Brenna and Nicolina Spagnuolo and Rachel Svercl. She is also survived by her mother, Ruth Swanson, and her brother, Harold Swanson. There will be a graveside service held at 10 a.m. today at the Restland Memorial Park in East Hanover, followed by a Celebration of Life Service at 11:30 a.m. at the First Memorial Presbyterian Church, 51 West Blackwell Street, Dover. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to her friend, Ann Zweckbronner's 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk at the3day.org/goto/ann, or CaringBridge at www.ssl.charitywebnet/caringbridge, or the Compassionate Care Hospice, 400 West Blackwell Street, Dover, NJ 07801.