Ruth C. Swope Grim Monks, of Perkasie and formerly of Ledgedale, PA, died Saturday, January 9, 2010, at her farm in Susquehanna, PA. She was 97. She was the wife of the late Chester Swope who died in 1972, Harry Grim who died in 1975 and William Monks who died in 1979.
Born in Ledgedale, she was a daughter of the late Patrick and Mary (Brink) Cawley.
Mrs. Monks had worked as a barber for the Charles Johnson Home, Phoenixville, PA, for 18 years until retiring in 1964. Previously, she was employed as a waitress for the Washington House, Sellersville, PA, and the Perkasie Order of Owl's Nest. Before that, she worked at the former Snyder's Cigar Factory, Perkasie, and the Perkasie Girdle Factory. A former member of the Women of the Loyal Order of Moose No. 1539, Sellersville, she enjoyed, sewing, and flower gardening.
She is survived by a son, William C. Swope and his wife Beatrice (Clemmer), of Perkasie; three grandchildren, William C. Swope, Jr. and his wife Susan, of Quakertown, PA, Charles Swope and his fiancée Lisa Fluck, of Center Valley, PA, and Sandra (Swope) Mellas and her husband Mark, of Tunkhannock, PA; two great grandchildren, Thomas and Victoria Swope, of Quakertown; and a sister, Mary Dugan, of Ledgedale.
A Time for Sharing will be held Saturday, January 16, 2010, at 12:00 Noon in the Bernard Suess Funeral Home, 606 Arch Street, Perkasie, PA. Entombment will be in the Perkasie Mausoleum, Perkasie. Friends may call Thursday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Hennessey's Funeral Home, 208 Jackson Avenue, Susquehanna, PA 18847, or Saturday morning from 11:00 AM until 12:00 Noon at the Bernard Suess Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lakeview Mennonite Church, 1098 Mavins Road, Susquehanna, PA 18847.
Born in Ledgedale, she was a daughter of the late Patrick and Mary (Brink) Cawley.
Mrs. Monks had worked as a barber for the Charles Johnson Home, Phoenixville, PA, for 18 years until retiring in 1964. Previously, she was employed as a waitress for the Washington House, Sellersville, PA, and the Perkasie Order of Owl's Nest. Before that, she worked at the former Snyder's Cigar Factory, Perkasie, and the Perkasie Girdle Factory. A former member of the Women of the Loyal Order of Moose No. 1539, Sellersville, she enjoyed, sewing, and flower gardening.
She is survived by a son, William C. Swope and his wife Beatrice (Clemmer), of Perkasie; three grandchildren, William C. Swope, Jr. and his wife Susan, of Quakertown, PA, Charles Swope and his fiancée Lisa Fluck, of Center Valley, PA, and Sandra (Swope) Mellas and her husband Mark, of Tunkhannock, PA; two great grandchildren, Thomas and Victoria Swope, of Quakertown; and a sister, Mary Dugan, of Ledgedale.
A Time for Sharing will be held Saturday, January 16, 2010, at 12:00 Noon in the Bernard Suess Funeral Home, 606 Arch Street, Perkasie, PA. Entombment will be in the Perkasie Mausoleum, Perkasie. Friends may call Thursday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Hennessey's Funeral Home, 208 Jackson Avenue, Susquehanna, PA 18847, or Saturday morning from 11:00 AM until 12:00 Noon at the Bernard Suess Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lakeview Mennonite Church, 1098 Mavins Road, Susquehanna, PA 18847.
Ruth C. Swope Grim Monks, of Perkasie and formerly of Ledgedale, PA, died Saturday, January 9, 2010, at her farm in Susquehanna, PA. She was 97. She was the wife of the late Chester Swope who died in 1972, Harry Grim who died in 1975 and William Monks who died in 1979.
Born in Ledgedale, she was a daughter of the late Patrick and Mary (Brink) Cawley.
Mrs. Monks had worked as a barber for the Charles Johnson Home, Phoenixville, PA, for 18 years until retiring in 1964. Previously, she was employed as a waitress for the Washington House, Sellersville, PA, and the Perkasie Order of Owl's Nest. Before that, she worked at the former Snyder's Cigar Factory, Perkasie, and the Perkasie Girdle Factory. A former member of the Women of the Loyal Order of Moose No. 1539, Sellersville, she enjoyed, sewing, and flower gardening.
She is survived by a son, William C. Swope and his wife Beatrice (Clemmer), of Perkasie; three grandchildren, William C. Swope, Jr. and his wife Susan, of Quakertown, PA, Charles Swope and his fiancée Lisa Fluck, of Center Valley, PA, and Sandra (Swope) Mellas and her husband Mark, of Tunkhannock, PA; two great grandchildren, Thomas and Victoria Swope, of Quakertown; and a sister, Mary Dugan, of Ledgedale.
A Time for Sharing will be held Saturday, January 16, 2010, at 12:00 Noon in the Bernard Suess Funeral Home, 606 Arch Street, Perkasie, PA. Entombment will be in the Perkasie Mausoleum, Perkasie. Friends may call Thursday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Hennessey's Funeral Home, 208 Jackson Avenue, Susquehanna, PA 18847, or Saturday morning from 11:00 AM until 12:00 Noon at the Bernard Suess Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lakeview Mennonite Church, 1098 Mavins Road, Susquehanna, PA 18847.
Born in Ledgedale, she was a daughter of the late Patrick and Mary (Brink) Cawley.
Mrs. Monks had worked as a barber for the Charles Johnson Home, Phoenixville, PA, for 18 years until retiring in 1964. Previously, she was employed as a waitress for the Washington House, Sellersville, PA, and the Perkasie Order of Owl's Nest. Before that, she worked at the former Snyder's Cigar Factory, Perkasie, and the Perkasie Girdle Factory. A former member of the Women of the Loyal Order of Moose No. 1539, Sellersville, she enjoyed, sewing, and flower gardening.
She is survived by a son, William C. Swope and his wife Beatrice (Clemmer), of Perkasie; three grandchildren, William C. Swope, Jr. and his wife Susan, of Quakertown, PA, Charles Swope and his fiancée Lisa Fluck, of Center Valley, PA, and Sandra (Swope) Mellas and her husband Mark, of Tunkhannock, PA; two great grandchildren, Thomas and Victoria Swope, of Quakertown; and a sister, Mary Dugan, of Ledgedale.
A Time for Sharing will be held Saturday, January 16, 2010, at 12:00 Noon in the Bernard Suess Funeral Home, 606 Arch Street, Perkasie, PA. Entombment will be in the Perkasie Mausoleum, Perkasie. Friends may call Thursday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Hennessey's Funeral Home, 208 Jackson Avenue, Susquehanna, PA 18847, or Saturday morning from 11:00 AM until 12:00 Noon at the Bernard Suess Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lakeview Mennonite Church, 1098 Mavins Road, Susquehanna, PA 18847.
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