Dolores "Dee" P. (Lowe) Swartworth, age 88 formerly of Fineview, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, May 24, 2019. Wife of the late Robert Swartworth and James Robert Reeping, Sr.; loving mother of Rose McMahon, Debbie Schnepp (Les), James Robert Reeping, Jr., (Deborah), Michael A. Reeping ( Rose), Shirley A. Heller (the late Wayne, Jr.), Linda Ehrenberger (George), Frank Swartworth, and Diane Beam (Dave), step-mother of Robert Swartworth (Kelly); proud grandma of 18 and great-grandma of 19; sister of Margie Douglass (Danny), Alberta McGuire (Mike), Albert Lowe (Connie) and the late William Lowe; daughter of the late Rose Lowe and her fathers, Frank and Albert Lowe. Family and friends will be received in the H.P. Brandt Funeral Home, Inc., 1032 Perry Highway, Ross Township, (412-364-4444) on Monday, May 27th and Tuesday, May 28th from 2-4 & 6-8pm. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Peter's Church on Wednesday, May 29th at 1pm, corner of Ridge Avenue and Arch Street. Entombment will follow in Christ Our Redeemer Cemetery, Ross Township.
In lieu of flowers, family suggests memorial donations to (www.gofundme.com/doloresswartworthssonfrank) for Dolores's son, Frank Swartworth, given his special needs. For visitation hours, service details and to view Dolores's life story, please visit the funeral home website at www.brandtfuneralhome.com.
Dolores was the proud recipient of the 2010 Dorothy Richardson Award given by the NeighborWorks of Western Pennsylvania. She served on their Board of Directors for more than 20 years. Also she volunteered for the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group for over 20 years and received their Founders Award. Other organizations benefited from her volunteer efforts including the Pittsburgh Board of Education and Allegheny General Hospital, specifically their Northside Health Improvement Partnership and Reinvestment Group.
While living in her former Fineview community, she was the founding member of the Fineview Citizens Council and took pride in all efforts to improve the neighborhood. Still a very active lady in her 88th year, she danced with the St. Theresa Dancers at local nursing homes and frequented the gym three times a week. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Arimathians, Life Long member of her beloved St. Peter's Church and worked with the North Side Boy Scouts of America, Pack #24.
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