Edward Lee Swecker
September 19, 1930 ~ August 16, 2024
Edward Lee Swecker, 93, of Mechanicsville, MD, formerly of Valley Bend, WV, passed away on Friday, August 16, 2024 in Callaway, MD. Born on September 19, 1930 in Elkins, WV, he was the son of the late Erma (Hamrick) Swecker and the late Wesley Swecker. Edward was the loving husband of the late Ida Mae Swecker, whom he married on June 22, 1953 in Montrose, WV, and who preceded him in death on July 24, 2018. He is survived by his children, Jim Swecker (Janet) of Williamsport, MD and Janet Young (David Bean) of Mechanicsville, MD, his siblings, Kathleen Maxson of Elkins, WV, Leon Swecker of OH, Ralph Swecker of OH, and Coletta Oliver of Mechanicsville, MD, and three grandchildren. Edward was preceded in death by his siblings Guy Swecker, Carrie McClure, and Paul Swecker.
Edward graduated from the West Virginia University with his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, and moved to St. Mary’s County, MD from Valley Bend, WV in August 1964. He served in the United States Army from February 1953 to January 1955. Edward was a Teacher and Extension Agent at Chopticon High School and the University of Maryland, retiring in 1992.
The family will receive friends on Friday, August 23, 2024 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD, where a funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Chris Owens officiating. Interment will follow at First Saints Community Church Cemetery, Leonardtown, MD. Serving as pallbearers will be Christopher Swecker, Jenny Swecker, Justin Bean, Richard Colliflower, David Bean, and Jim Swecker. Honorary pallbearer will be Darwin Engle.
Contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650.
Condolences may be made to the family at www.mgfh.com.
Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home and Cremation Services, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
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We will greatly miss Ed Swecker. Here is one last tap on the shoulder for eternity.
Ed Swecker was tremendous help to me as a beginning cattle farmer. Previously, our bull was released for serving cattle on a year-round basis. This meant we were having calves born in December, January and February in freezing temperatures. Sometimes the calves’ mouths would get frostbit and the cows’ teats would be very chaffed. Ed suggested for me to hold off putting out the bull until after Memorial Day which would make the cows have calves in March and April . The cows give better milk since they were getting pasture and green grass and the calves would grow much faster. This in just one of the pieces of
advice Ed Swecker gave to me. He was such a kind and Christian man. I am a better man for having known him.
better person for having known him and being around him.
Steve Hoopengardner
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Very sorry to hear of Ed’s passing. I knew him as a teacher and extension agent for St. Mary’s. My condolences to his family.
Joseph Norris
I remember Ed very well beginning with our days at Chopticon and continuing to the present. He, Jim Estep, and Dan Cox ran a “tight ship” in their departments. I am positive he will be missed by those he influenced. Ed and his God are now dueting to the music of “Country Roads.”
One of best men in my life. we shared an amish farm when I was going the Naval Air Test Pilot School at Pax river Maryland. CDR Millard Cosby