Monday, March 5, 2012
I was saddened to hear that my former mother-in-law had passed. Mrs. Swiatowicz (Marie) was a very good person, an attentive and nourishing mother to her children, and a loving spouse to Charles her husband. I was lucky to have Marie as part of my life while I was married to Sue, her daughter. Marie was so strong, but that is what it had to be for the eldest daughter Pennsylvania coal mining parents coming out of the Depression years. Truly she was a great person that many learned loved. She mentored children before it was trendy. She worked as a bank manager before it was popular for women to do. I cannot count all of this family members that have tragically passed, but Marie’s passing has left a hole in the world that will not easily be healed.