Miriam "Mim" Swingler
She loved sitting in the sun and visiting the beaches of Stone Harbor.
A celebration of Mim’s life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at St. Edward’s Episcopal Church, 2453 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601.
The family will receive friends for visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. until service time.
Mim will be laid to rest with her late husband at Silver Spring Cemetery.
Miriam “Mim” Swingler, 92, of Columbia passed away surrounded by her family on July 3, 2025. She was born in Columbia to the late Michael and Ella Graham-Bard Mowrer and was a lifelong resident of Columbia.
Mim was a graduate of Columbia High School with the Class of 1951 and worked up until she had her children. She loved sitting in the sun and visiting the beaches of Stone Harbor. Mim was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and aunt who adored her family and treasured spending time with them.
Mim leaves behind her children Bill, husband of Lorie Swingler of Columbia, Kim, wife of David Kline of West Hempfield; four grandchildren, Abby, wife of Brandon Yordy of Hershey, Harrison, husband of Sasha Kline of Harleysville, Ethan Kline of Pittsburgh, Joel Kline of West Hempfield; a great granddaughter Lyla Yordy of Hershey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband William Swingler in 2011; a grandson Christopher Swingler, ten siblings, Esther, Stella, Mary, Mildred, Elizabeth, Melvin, Reuben, Hiram, Paul, and Earl.
A celebration of Mim’s life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at St. Edward’s Episcopal Church, 2453 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601. The family will receive friends for visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. until service time. The Reverend Dina Carter Ishler will officiate. Mim will be laid to rest with her late husband at Silver Spring Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Hospice and Community Care 685 Good Dr, Lancaster, PA 17601.
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