Mary Etta Swallow went home to be with the Lord on March 23, 2011. Viewing, 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 27, 2011, Adrian Comer Garden Chapel. Funeral service, 11 a.m. Monday, March 28, 2011, Calvary Baptist Church. Memorial contributions may be made to Sangre de Cristo Hospice or Calvary Baptist Youth Program. Interment at Imperial Memorial Gardens. Online condolences at www.adrian-comer.com Arrangements by Adrian Comer Garden Chapel.
Pueblo Chieftain Friday March 25 2011

March 27, 2011 Pueblo Chieftain


Mary Etta Swallow went home to be with the Lord on March 23, 2011. She was born May 27, 1916, to the union of Oren and Leland Scofield in Rocky Ford, Colo. The very early part of her life was spent in Timpas, Colo., where her parents, after traveling from Lawton, Okla., by covered wagon, set up a homestead, where they were dryland farmers. They later moved to south of Rocky Ford, Colo., where they became irrigation farmers. She attended Star Valley School. She was the oldest daughter of 12 children. In 1934, she married Glen Hamilton, conceiving two daughters. One daughter was born before his death and one was born three months after his death. She remarried in 1939, conceiving three daughters and a son. She was preceded in death by Glen Hamilton; a daughter, Virginia Hamilton; her parents; a great-grandson, Zachery Roy Chapin; her second husband, Roy Swallow; and son-in-law, Dennis Powers. Siblings preceding her in death were her older brother, Harrison Scofield; and sisters, Mavis, Pearl, Mable and Marguerite. She is survived by daughters, Doris Powers (fiancee, Ralph Marino), Alice (Ernest) Ulery and Barbara (Ronnie) Cox of Pueblo, Colo., and Ruth (Jerry) Belveal of Bradenton, Fla.; and one son, Richard (Vicki) Swallow of Penrose, Colo. She also is survived by 16 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren with two more to be born this year. She has well over 130 family members counting children, grandchildren and their spouses; and yet she had enough love for all, plus extended family and many friends. Her surviving brothers are Harold (Grace) of La Junta, Oren (Maggie) of Salida, Everrett (Janice) Scofield of Pueblo, Colo.; and sisters, Opal (Hollis) McClaron of El Cajon, Calif., Lois (Dale) McCuen of Denver, Colo., and Nina Wimber of Pueblo, Colo. Also survived by brother-in-law, Earl Swallow of Pueblo, Colo., and sister-in-law, Jewel Marie Stine of Lawton, Okla. She treasured her many nieces, nephews and friends. She was a second mother to the younger siblings, as her mother helped her PaPa farm. Her joy was her family, which she loved beyond measure, celebrating a 50th family reunion on Labor Day weekend, 2010, with over 200 in attendance. Her only love greater than family, was God, living her life faithfully serving Him, teaching, mission work and serving as a deaconess at Calvary Baptist Church for over 50 years. She has been a great inspiration to her family and friends, doing so, while having fun with them - dressing for the occasion, playing kickball and jumping on trampolines, riding four-wheelers, fishing, shooting paper wads through a straw, having water gun or ice fights and sometimes chasing a 6-foot-3-inch grandson through the house with a belt for his pranks. She did not have idle hands, as they always were busy crocheting, working in the yard or making 130-some ornaments for her family for the coming Christmas. She will be greatly missed; but we will hold wonderful memories, and we know she is safe in the arms of Jesus. Viewing, 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 27, 2011, at Adrian Comer Garden Chapel. Funeral service, 11 a.m. Monday, March 28, 2011, at Calvary Baptist Church. Interment at Imperial Memorial Gardens. Donations may be submitted to Sangre de Cristo Hospice or Calvary Church Youth Program. Online condolences at www.adrian-comer.com. Arrangements by Adrian Comer Garden Chapel.