John J. Swana

John J. Swana, 91 of Glen Mills, PA died peacefully on January 7, 2023, at Rose Court in the Maris Grove community. Born and raised in Dudley, Massachusetts, he was the son of John Stephan and Sophie (Vavro) Swana. He graduated from Bartlett High School in 1949 and from the University of Massachusetts in 1953 with a degree in electrical engineering. He received his Master's degree in electrical engineering from Columbia University in 1955. He served in the Air Force as a 1st lieutenant from 1953-1957. He spent his career working at General Electric in the Space Communications division in King of Prussia, PA. John resided for the past 16 years in the Erickson Maris Grove Community (in Hatton Place before moving to the skilled nursing unit at Rose Court). Previously he lived in Hershey's Mill in West Chester (1992-2006) and Audubon, PA (1961-1992), where he and his wife Janice Swana raised their family. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife Janice L. Swana and 4 siblings: Josephine Vajcovec, Anna Chojnowski, Michael Swana, and Frances Swana. He is survived by his 3 children, Christine (Tom Jule) Nordone, John, and Mark (Carla) Swana, longtime family friend Rachel Bliss and 7 grandchildren: Laura (Daniel Temer), Thomas and Nathan Nordone, Danielle and Rosalie Swana, Freda (Ross Bradley) Anderson, Elijah Bliss and three great grandchildren, Emilia and Ethan Temer and Rustyn Anderson. Friends and family are invited to his memorial service on Saturday, January 14th at 2:00 pm at Maris Grove Chapel, 200 Maris Grove Way, Glen Mills, PA where friends may call from 1:30-2:00 PM. Interment will be private at Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery, West Chester, PA. Donations in his memory may be sent to Joslin Diabetes Center, at (www.joslin.org). Online condolences may be made by visiting www.paganofuneralhome.com.