Mrs. June Truesdale Swaringen, 87, passed away on Thursday, July 6, 2017 at Tucker Hospice House, surrounded by her family.
A funeral service will be 3:00 pm, Sunday, July 9, 2017 at First Baptist Church, officiated by Pastor Aaron Edwards, with burial to follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 1:30-3:00 prior to the service at church.
June was born on August 2, 1929 in Columbia, SC to the late Eddie Parker Truesdale and Hattie Lee Mooneyham Truesdale. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Robert Gwyn Swaringen, Sr.
June attended the historic McMasters Elementary School in Columbia SC, followed by Orangeburg High School, and then graduated from Winthrop University in Rock Hill. She was a volunteer for Cabarrus Meals on Wheels for many years. June was also very involved in First Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday School teacher and was on the bereavement meal committee. In her later years, June enjoyed playing bridge, gardening and traveling the world.
She is survived by her daughter, Leigh Ann S. Ruehlen and husband, Robert; sons, Robin Swaringen and wife, Joan, Scott Swaringen and wife, Dori; grandchildren, Erin Natale and husband Shane, Mac Swaringen and wife, Katie, Robert Glass and wife, Beth, Jessica Swaringen, Parker Swaringen, Rebecca Ruehlen, Nyal Ruehlen, and Eric Ruehlen; great-grandson, Wally Glass.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 200 Branchview Drive SE, Concord, NC 28025.
Online condolences may be left at www.wilkinsonfuneralhome.com
Wilkinson Funeral Home is handling arrangements for the Swaringen family.