John K. Swift Jr.

John K. Swift Jr., of Weymouth, formerly of Kingston and Hanover, 55 years of age, went to be with God on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010 at Brigham and Womens Hospital after a period of failing health. He was born in Boston and raised in Hanover. He was a graduate of Hanover High School. He attended Wentworth Institute in Boston and Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy and the American Association for Christian Counseling. He had lived in Kingston and has been a Weymouth resident for the past ten years. Prior to his recent retirement he was employed as an electrical engineer for the Abbott Laboratories, formerly of Burlington, MA. He was also an active member of the South Weymouth Church of the Nazarene where he and his wife were Worship Leaders and sang and played guitar for the Friday Night Service. John is survived by his loving and devoted wife Carol Ann (Cirignano) Swift of Weymouth; his four children John Kevin Swift, III of Brookline, Jessica C. Cheever married to Clay Cheever, USN of Seattle, Washington, Sandra M. Joyce of Randolph and Michael C. Bohlken of Laconia, NH. He is the loving grandfather of Joshua Joyce and Samantha C. Bohlken. John is survived by a brother Andy Swift of Iowa and two sisters Kate Banks of Hanover and Sue Willens of Middleboro. John is also survived by his mother-in-law Mary Cirignano of Braintree. A funeral service was held at the Mortimer N. Peck- Russell Peck Funeral Home, 516 Washington St., BRAINTREE on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. Pastor David Cook of the South Weymouth Church of the Nazarene officiated. Burial will follow at Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree. Memorial donations in Johns memory may be sent to the American Diabetes Association, 330 Congress Street, Suite 501, Boston, MA 02210. A reception will be held at the South Weymouth Church of the Nazarene, 385 Ralph Talbot Street, South Weymouth following the burial at Blue Hill Cemetery. www.peckservices.com