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Elizabeth Burton Swengel Christopher, 86, dies in Indiana

Elizabeth Burton Swengel Christopher, 86, of Elizabethtown died at 2:35 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005, at Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, Columbus, IN.

Mrs. Christopher worked for many years at C.P. Electronics, was a farm wife and enjoyed gardening and working with flowers.


The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Barkes, Inlow & Weaver Funeral Home at 4205 Jonathan Moore Pike, Columbus, IN, with the Rev. Fred Darling officiating.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today, Friday, September 2, 2005, and from 9 a.m. until service time Saturday, September 3, 2005.

Burial will be at Garland Brook Cemetery in Indiana.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of South Central Indiana or the American Heart Association.

Born in Columbia, Ky., June 11, 1919, Mrs. Christopher was the daughter of Lee and Maude Childers Burton. She first married Francis E. Swengel and later married John Charles Christopher.

Survivors include the following:
  • A son: Charles T. Swengel of Elizabethtown, IN

  • Grandchildren: Daniel and Tom Swengel, Cindy McMath, Paula Weaver and Carrie Sidwell

  • Great-grandchildren: Robert Swengel, Samantha and Alexandra Weaver, Kayla and Megan Miller and Katie and Ben McMath
  • Brothers: Lee Burton of Scipio and Jadie Burton of Columbus, IN

  • Ssters: Bonnie Ratliff of Yakima, WA; Louise Lee of Columbus, IN; and Pauline Perkins of Hope, IN; and a half sister, Clara Thomas of Florida
She was preceded in death by her parents; her first and second husbands; a son, David E. Swengel; a brother, Frank Burton; a sister, Betty Jean Burton; and several half brothers and half sisters.


This obituary was made possible through the support of Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home, established in 1922, located at 210 Greensburg Street in Columbia. To reach Louis and Brenda McQueary and Richard and Mary Beth Phelps, phone 270-384-2145, or call our 24-hour community obituary information line, 384-6999. E-mail: stottspm@alltel.net.Friends you trust, caring for people you love.
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And through the support of Grissom Funeral Home, established in 1926, located one block off the square at 200 Campbellsville Street in Columbia. To reach David and Cathy Martin, phone 270-384-2149, or
E-mail: bmartin@duo-county.com

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Grissom-Martin Funeral Home
Located one block off the Square at 200 Campbellsville Street in Columbia, KY.
To reach David and Cathy Martin, phone (270)-384-2149, or e-mail: grissomfuneralhome@windstream.net.
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Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home
Established 1922 | 210 Greensburg St., Columbia, KY 42728 | Jeff Jessie, Owner
270-384-2145, www.stottsphelpsmcquearyfh.com, email stottspm@duo-county.com


 

































 
 
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