Melissa Rae Swartzfager

Melissa Rae Swartzfager obituary, Knoxville, TN

Melissa Rae Swartzfager

Melissa Swartzfager Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Click Funeral Home & Cremations - Middlebrook Chapel on Dec. 13, 2024.
Melissa Rae Swartzfager, 46, passed away on December 10, 2024, in Knoxville, Tennessee. She was a loving mother, daughter, sister, and friend.
Missi was born to Kathleen Ravotti Perry and Leonard Swartzfager in Youngstown, Ohio on December 29, 1977. Missi graduated from South Range High School in 1996, and attended Johnson Bible College. She worked as the Youth Service Coordinator at the Boys and Girls Club in Knoxville. Missi attended City Hills Church, where she loved serving alongside her family and friends.
Missi is survived by her son, CJ Swartzfager; father Leonard Swartzfager and wife, Donna; mother Kathleen Perry and husband, David; sister Jenelle Swartzfager; stepbrothers, Joey Perry, Jeremy Norris and wife Jennifer, and Joshua Norris; nephew Ezra Norris; she is survived by many aunts, uncles, cousins, and special friends.
Missi is preceded in death by her grandparents Barbara and Ed Feren and Sam and Genevieve Ravotti.
Visitation will be Sunday, December 15, 2024, from 4-6pm with a Celebration of Life at 6pm at City Hills Church in Knoxville, TN.
In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made to the Middlebrook Boys and Girls Club.

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