The Rev. George K. Swartzfager, 84, of Wooster, formerly of Lodi, passed away Monday, Dec. 10, 2007, at Akron City Hospital.
Services will be Thursday, Dec. 13, at 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 8439 River Corners Road, Homerville, with Lay Minister Steve Hisey officiating. Visitation will be today, Dec. 12, from 2-4 and 7-9 at Parker & Son Funeral Home, 210 Medina St., Lodi (330) 948-1122. Services will also be Friday, Dec. 14, at 11 a.m. at Nazareth Lutheran Church, 6411 State Route 4, Chatfield, where visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church. Gene Luidhardt, SAM will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Luther Home of Mercy Foundation, P.O. Box 187, Williston 43468; Capital University, The Capital Fund, 1 College and Main, Columbus 43209; or the Boy Scouts of America, Akron Area Council, P.O. Box 68, Akron 44309.
George was born March 13, 1923, in Franklin, Pa., to Wesley Ralph and Ella Mae (Lauffer) Swartzfager and was a 1941 graduate of Oil City High School in Pennsylvania. After graduating from Capital University in 1945, he attended Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Capital University and graduated in 1947, with a B.D. degree. He then attended Union Theological Seminary in New York City from 1947-49, and was ordained on June 29, 1947.
He pastored Lutheran Church of Our Savior at Patchogue, N.Y., from 1947-57, St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Ridge, Long Island, N.Y., from 1950-57. He then moved to Zion/Mount Zion Lutheran Parish in Homerville and Spencer, from 1957-63, then to Zion Lutheran Church in Manchester, Ind., from 1963-68. He moved to Chatfield, where he served the Nazareth Lutheran Church from 1968 until retiring in 1985. He was active in Boy Scout work for more than 55 years, was an American Red Cross volunteer for 15 years, served on the Crawford County Mental Health Board for 10 years, and during his 15 years with the Bucyrus Area Ministerial Association had been president and vice president and served 12 years on the Board of Directors of the Crawford County Council on Aging.
Upon returning to Lodi, he rejoined Zion Lutheran Church of Homerville. In subsequent years, he served six months as interim visitation pastor at Divinity Lutheran Church in Parma Heights, one year as interim pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church of Smithville, one year at Canaan Lutheran of Creston and two separate one year interims in the Zion-Mount Zion Lutheran Parish and was Sunday supply pastor in many different churches of the Northeast Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Church in America. After celebrating his 50th Anniversary of Ordination, Zion Church declared him Pastor Emeritus.
Though 84 years old, he remained active in various church and civic activities, being a 21-year member of Lodi Ruritan Club, serving as vice president, president, chaplain and Citizenship/Patriotism Committee Chairman. He also was a 15-year member of Lodi Good Samaritan Board, of which he was secretary for 10 years. At the annual Assembly of the Northeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church held in Akron, June 15 and 16, 2007, Pastor Swartzfager was recognized for his 60 years of service to church and community and was presented with a plaque.
Surviving are his wife, Beryl (Lance Briggs) whom he married Sept. 22, 1979; children, George K. Swartzfager Jr. of Chatfield, Charles (Debra) Swartzfager of Evanston, Ill., and Kathleen-Marie (Jay) Scott of Bucyrus; a stepson, Roger Briggs of Midlothian, Va.; grandchildren, Etta Mae Swartzfager, Elizabeth and Sarah Scott; step-grandchildren, Cynthia Briggs, Heather Patterson, Donald Briggs and Matthew Coffey; step-great-grandchildren, Roxana and Mitchel Fisher, Allyson Reid, Victor and Jillian Coffey, Stuart Briggs and Dustin Patterson. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Henrietta (Dodt) Swartzfager, whom he married Aug. 7, 1948. She died March 1, 1978. A stepdaughter and a step-grandson, Vickie and Devin Williams, died in 1995.
Services will be Thursday, Dec. 13, at 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 8439 River Corners Road, Homerville, with Lay Minister Steve Hisey officiating. Visitation will be today, Dec. 12, from 2-4 and 7-9 at Parker & Son Funeral Home, 210 Medina St., Lodi (330) 948-1122. Services will also be Friday, Dec. 14, at 11 a.m. at Nazareth Lutheran Church, 6411 State Route 4, Chatfield, where visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church. Gene Luidhardt, SAM will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Luther Home of Mercy Foundation, P.O. Box 187, Williston 43468; Capital University, The Capital Fund, 1 College and Main, Columbus 43209; or the Boy Scouts of America, Akron Area Council, P.O. Box 68, Akron 44309.
George was born March 13, 1923, in Franklin, Pa., to Wesley Ralph and Ella Mae (Lauffer) Swartzfager and was a 1941 graduate of Oil City High School in Pennsylvania. After graduating from Capital University in 1945, he attended Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Capital University and graduated in 1947, with a B.D. degree. He then attended Union Theological Seminary in New York City from 1947-49, and was ordained on June 29, 1947.
He pastored Lutheran Church of Our Savior at Patchogue, N.Y., from 1947-57, St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Ridge, Long Island, N.Y., from 1950-57. He then moved to Zion/Mount Zion Lutheran Parish in Homerville and Spencer, from 1957-63, then to Zion Lutheran Church in Manchester, Ind., from 1963-68. He moved to Chatfield, where he served the Nazareth Lutheran Church from 1968 until retiring in 1985. He was active in Boy Scout work for more than 55 years, was an American Red Cross volunteer for 15 years, served on the Crawford County Mental Health Board for 10 years, and during his 15 years with the Bucyrus Area Ministerial Association had been president and vice president and served 12 years on the Board of Directors of the Crawford County Council on Aging.
Upon returning to Lodi, he rejoined Zion Lutheran Church of Homerville. In subsequent years, he served six months as interim visitation pastor at Divinity Lutheran Church in Parma Heights, one year as interim pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church of Smithville, one year at Canaan Lutheran of Creston and two separate one year interims in the Zion-Mount Zion Lutheran Parish and was Sunday supply pastor in many different churches of the Northeast Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Church in America. After celebrating his 50th Anniversary of Ordination, Zion Church declared him Pastor Emeritus.
Though 84 years old, he remained active in various church and civic activities, being a 21-year member of Lodi Ruritan Club, serving as vice president, president, chaplain and Citizenship/Patriotism Committee Chairman. He also was a 15-year member of Lodi Good Samaritan Board, of which he was secretary for 10 years. At the annual Assembly of the Northeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church held in Akron, June 15 and 16, 2007, Pastor Swartzfager was recognized for his 60 years of service to church and community and was presented with a plaque.
Surviving are his wife, Beryl (Lance Briggs) whom he married Sept. 22, 1979; children, George K. Swartzfager Jr. of Chatfield, Charles (Debra) Swartzfager of Evanston, Ill., and Kathleen-Marie (Jay) Scott of Bucyrus; a stepson, Roger Briggs of Midlothian, Va.; grandchildren, Etta Mae Swartzfager, Elizabeth and Sarah Scott; step-grandchildren, Cynthia Briggs, Heather Patterson, Donald Briggs and Matthew Coffey; step-great-grandchildren, Roxana and Mitchel Fisher, Allyson Reid, Victor and Jillian Coffey, Stuart Briggs and Dustin Patterson. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Henrietta (Dodt) Swartzfager, whom he married Aug. 7, 1948. She died March 1, 1978. A stepdaughter and a step-grandson, Vickie and Devin Williams, died in 1995.
The Rev. George K. Swartzfager, 84, of Wooster, formerly of Lodi, passed away Monday, Dec. 10, 2007, at Akron City Hospital.
Services will be Thursday, Dec. 13, at 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 8439 River Corners Road, Homerville, with Lay Minister Steve Hisey officiating. Visitation will be today, Dec. 12, from 2-4 and 7-9 at Parker & Son Funeral Home, 210 Medina St., Lodi (330) 948-1122. Services will also be Friday, Dec. 14, at 11 a.m. at Nazareth Lutheran Church, 6411 State Route 4, Chatfield, where visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church. Gene Luidhardt, SAM will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Luther Home of Mercy Foundation, P.O. Box 187, Williston 43468; Capital University, The Capital Fund, 1 College and Main, Columbus 43209; or the Boy Scouts of America, Akron Area Council, P.O. Box 68, Akron 44309.
George was born March 13, 1923, in Franklin, Pa., to Wesley Ralph and Ella Mae (Lauffer) Swartzfager and was a 1941 graduate of Oil City High School in Pennsylvania. After graduating from Capital University in 1945, he attended Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Capital University and graduated in 1947, with a B.D. degree. He then attended Union Theological Seminary in New York City from 1947-49, and was ordained on June 29, 1947.
He pastored Lutheran Church of Our Savior at Patchogue, N.Y., from 1947-57, St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Ridge, Long Island, N.Y., from 1950-57. He then moved to Zion/Mount Zion Lutheran Parish in Homerville and Spencer, from 1957-63, then to Zion Lutheran Church in Manchester, Ind., from 1963-68. He moved to Chatfield, where he served the Nazareth Lutheran Church from 1968 until retiring in 1985. He was active in Boy Scout work for more than 55 years, was an American Red Cross volunteer for 15 years, served on the Crawford County Mental Health Board for 10 years, and during his 15 years with the Bucyrus Area Ministerial Association had been president and vice president and served 12 years on the Board of Directors of the Crawford County Council on Aging.
Upon returning to Lodi, he rejoined Zion Lutheran Church of Homerville. In subsequent years, he served six months as interim visitation pastor at Divinity Lutheran Church in Parma Heights, one year as interim pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church of Smithville, one year at Canaan Lutheran of Creston and two separate one year interims in the Zion-Mount Zion Lutheran Parish and was Sunday supply pastor in many different churches of the Northeast Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Church in America. After celebrating his 50th Anniversary of Ordination, Zion Church declared him Pastor Emeritus.
Though 84 years old, he remained active in various church and civic activities, being a 21-year member of Lodi Ruritan Club, serving as vice president, president, chaplain and Citizenship/Patriotism Committee Chairman. He also was a 15-year member of Lodi Good Samaritan Board, of which he was secretary for 10 years. At the annual Assembly of the Northeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church held in Akron, June 15 and 16, 2007, Pastor Swartzfager was recognized for his 60 years of service to church and community and was presented with a plaque.
Surviving are his wife, Beryl (Lance Briggs) whom he married Sept. 22, 1979; children, George K. Swartzfager Jr. of Chatfield, Charles (Debra) Swartzfager of Evanston, Ill., and Kathleen-Marie (Jay) Scott of Bucyrus; a stepson, Roger Briggs of Midlothian, Va.; grandchildren, Etta Mae Swartzfager, Elizabeth and Sarah Scott; step-grandchildren, Cynthia Briggs, Heather Patterson, Donald Briggs and Matthew Coffey; step-great-grandchildren, Roxana and Mitchel Fisher, Allyson Reid, Victor and Jillian Coffey, Stuart Briggs and Dustin Patterson. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Henrietta (Dodt) Swartzfager, whom he married Aug. 7, 1948. She died March 1, 1978. A stepdaughter and a step-grandson, Vickie and Devin Williams, died in 1995.
Services will be Thursday, Dec. 13, at 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 8439 River Corners Road, Homerville, with Lay Minister Steve Hisey officiating. Visitation will be today, Dec. 12, from 2-4 and 7-9 at Parker & Son Funeral Home, 210 Medina St., Lodi (330) 948-1122. Services will also be Friday, Dec. 14, at 11 a.m. at Nazareth Lutheran Church, 6411 State Route 4, Chatfield, where visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church. Gene Luidhardt, SAM will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Luther Home of Mercy Foundation, P.O. Box 187, Williston 43468; Capital University, The Capital Fund, 1 College and Main, Columbus 43209; or the Boy Scouts of America, Akron Area Council, P.O. Box 68, Akron 44309.
George was born March 13, 1923, in Franklin, Pa., to Wesley Ralph and Ella Mae (Lauffer) Swartzfager and was a 1941 graduate of Oil City High School in Pennsylvania. After graduating from Capital University in 1945, he attended Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Capital University and graduated in 1947, with a B.D. degree. He then attended Union Theological Seminary in New York City from 1947-49, and was ordained on June 29, 1947.
He pastored Lutheran Church of Our Savior at Patchogue, N.Y., from 1947-57, St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Ridge, Long Island, N.Y., from 1950-57. He then moved to Zion/Mount Zion Lutheran Parish in Homerville and Spencer, from 1957-63, then to Zion Lutheran Church in Manchester, Ind., from 1963-68. He moved to Chatfield, where he served the Nazareth Lutheran Church from 1968 until retiring in 1985. He was active in Boy Scout work for more than 55 years, was an American Red Cross volunteer for 15 years, served on the Crawford County Mental Health Board for 10 years, and during his 15 years with the Bucyrus Area Ministerial Association had been president and vice president and served 12 years on the Board of Directors of the Crawford County Council on Aging.
Upon returning to Lodi, he rejoined Zion Lutheran Church of Homerville. In subsequent years, he served six months as interim visitation pastor at Divinity Lutheran Church in Parma Heights, one year as interim pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church of Smithville, one year at Canaan Lutheran of Creston and two separate one year interims in the Zion-Mount Zion Lutheran Parish and was Sunday supply pastor in many different churches of the Northeast Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Church in America. After celebrating his 50th Anniversary of Ordination, Zion Church declared him Pastor Emeritus.
Though 84 years old, he remained active in various church and civic activities, being a 21-year member of Lodi Ruritan Club, serving as vice president, president, chaplain and Citizenship/Patriotism Committee Chairman. He also was a 15-year member of Lodi Good Samaritan Board, of which he was secretary for 10 years. At the annual Assembly of the Northeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church held in Akron, June 15 and 16, 2007, Pastor Swartzfager was recognized for his 60 years of service to church and community and was presented with a plaque.
Surviving are his wife, Beryl (Lance Briggs) whom he married Sept. 22, 1979; children, George K. Swartzfager Jr. of Chatfield, Charles (Debra) Swartzfager of Evanston, Ill., and Kathleen-Marie (Jay) Scott of Bucyrus; a stepson, Roger Briggs of Midlothian, Va.; grandchildren, Etta Mae Swartzfager, Elizabeth and Sarah Scott; step-grandchildren, Cynthia Briggs, Heather Patterson, Donald Briggs and Matthew Coffey; step-great-grandchildren, Roxana and Mitchel Fisher, Allyson Reid, Victor and Jillian Coffey, Stuart Briggs and Dustin Patterson. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Henrietta (Dodt) Swartzfager, whom he married Aug. 7, 1948. She died March 1, 1978. A stepdaughter and a step-grandson, Vickie and Devin Williams, died in 1995.
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