Dolores Helen Swan of Portland passed away peacefully on March 4, 2016 after a long illness. Dolores was born in Westbrook on December 27, 1930, the daughter of the late Harry and Emilia (Morin) Johnson. She attended Westbrook schools and graduated from Westbrook High School in 1949.
Dolores met Warren G. Swan, Sr. at a YWCA dance and a year later they married on October 9, 1954. Together they lived in the Swan family home on Riverview St. where they raised their four children. Dolores was employed for many years as a secretary in the front office at Lyman Moore Jr. High School. She later finished her working career as the Court Crier at the Maine Supreme Court in Portland.
Dolores truly enjoyed the frequent family get-togethers at home or the family camp on Bonny Eagle Pond. She also enjoyed cooking, gardening, quilting, dancing the Jitterbug, and catching the biggest fish each year on Forth Debsconeag. Dolores and Warren loved to travel during their retirement years with trips to Aruba, Hawaii, and the western states.
Dolores was predeceased by her husband of 59 years. She is survived by a son, Warren G. Swan, Jr. and his wife Patti-Jo of West Baldwin, daughter Linda M. Swan and her partner Kirk Rogers of Portland, daughter Karen E. Fecteau and her husband Timothy of Westbrook, and son Kenneth A. Swan and his wife Wendy of Gorham. Also surviving are her grandchildren, Matthew Swan and his wife Meaghan of Farmington, Sarah Swan of Baldwin, Kristopher Fecteau of Arizona, Nicole Fecteau of Windham, Jenifer Fecteau of Westbrook, and a great-granddaughter Lily Jordan of Westbrook.
Friends and family are invited to a time of visitation for Dolores that will be held this Thursday, March 10th, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM with funeral services at 11:00 A.M. followed by a reception for family and friends at the Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home, 199 Woodford St. Portland, ME. Burial will be at Dow’s Corner Cemetery in Standish in the spring.
In lieu of flowers the Swan family suggests memorials be made in Dolores’ honor to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (www.michaeljfox.org).
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