Richard H. Sweaney Jr.

Richard H. Sweaney Jr. obituary, San Antonio, TX

Richard H. Sweaney Jr.

Richard Sweaney Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Apr. 14, 2014.
Richard H. Sweaney Jr. San Antonio – Richard H. Sweaney Jr., loving father and grandfather, was called home by his Heavenly Father on April 14, 2014, Monday, in San Antonio. Funeral: 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 18 in Greenwood Chapel, Fort Worth, Texas. Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 6pm-8pm Thursday, April 17 at Greenwood Funeral Home. Richard H. Sweaney Jr. was born on December 11, 1920 in Arlington, Texas. Richard graduated from Pascal High School in 1938 and attended Texas Wesleyan College. Richard honorably served in the Army during World War II. He worked in management for Dickies for 37 years. Richard was a Christian man who loved his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He was a member of Shearer Hills Baptist Church. Richard was preceded in death by his wife, Francine Sweaney, his parents, Richard and Eva Fuller Sweaney, grandson, Jonathan David Sweaney, sister, Oneida Sweaney and brother, Bill Sweaney Survivors: Sons, Richard H. Sweaney III and wife, Donna of Purmela, Gary W. Sweaney and wife, Jenny of Cypress; daughter Kay Sorvillo and husband, Christian of San Antonio; eight grandchildren, Richard Sweaney IV and wife Heather, Adam Sweaney and wife, Adrienne, Sarah Yanowski and husband, Matt, Stacey Riffe and husband, Derek, Seth Sweaney, Jeffrey Sorvillo and wife, Ashley, Matthew Sorvillo, and Emily Sorvillo; seven great-grandchildren, Harrison and Hadley Sweaney, Alivia Sweaney, Jhett and Lakyn Yanowski, Carson Riffe and Nathan Sorvillo.

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