Marion Swarthout

September 1, 1928 - March 12, 2018

Marion (Iversen) Swarthout, age 89, passed away on March 12, 2018, at Spring Meadows Senior Community. She was born September 1, 1928 in East Chicago, Indiana. Before moving to Toledo, she spent her young life growing up in Ludington, Michigan. After World War II, she married Harlowe Swarthout and moved to Toledo. Marion was preceded in death by her parents, Ingvald and Anne (Brunstead) Iversen, her brother Arthur, and sister Mildred Stasinowski. She is survived by her sister Joan Helfert, children Joan (Lew) Swarthout-Jones, Anne (Tim) O’Leary, Steve (Melanie) Swarthout, Marie Swarthout, and Sam (Colette) Swarthout; eleven grandchildren, Katlin (Jeff) Ward, Abel (Monica) Jones, Colin Jones, Todd (Angie) O’Leary, Andy (Ellissa) O’Leary, Thomas (Natalie) O’Leary, Sarah and Brian Swarthout, Jessica and Kinsey Ringling, and Alex Swarthout. Marion has 16 great-grandchildren, Whitaker, Marion, Winslow, Kylie, Evan, Owen, Connor, Ava, Violet, Bennett, Sami, Jasmine, Aysa, Samuel, Anthony, and Jordan. Also surviving are many nieces and nephews who loved her dearly. Marion loved to travel, spend time with family and friends in Ludington during the summer. She loved her Church; Park Congregational where she sang in the choir for over 30 years. She will always be remembered for the love of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, her wonderful pies, macaroni and cheese, and goodie bags. Marion was a great mother who held our family together through many hard times! Visitation will take place on Saturday, April 21, 2018, at Coyle Funeral Home, 1770 S. Reynolds Road at 1:00 p.m. followed by a memorial service at 2:00 p.m. The family requests that any memorial contributions be made to Park Congregational Church, 1456 Harvard Blvd., Toledo, OH 43614, or to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 2265 Livernois, Suite 410, Troy, MI 48083. Please view and sign the online guest registry at www.coylefuneralhome.com