TITLE:  Mary Jane Schwerdt

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, June 12, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, June 2001

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Mrs. Mary Jane Schwerdt peacefully passed away Friday, June 8, 2001, 
in Houston, Texas, after a courageous two-year battle with cancer.  
She was born June 1, 1922, in Altoona, the daughter of the late Leonard 
S. and Mary Edith (Wolfe) Chatham.  She was the last surviving member 
of her immediate family.  A sister Helen Stefula and two brothers Paul 
and Charles Chatham predeceased her.  She was married in July, 1943, to
Thomas W. Hagan who died July, 1960.  Her beloved only child, Thomas P.
Hagan, was killed in an accident in 1966.  She married Retired Air 
Force Colonel David R. Schwerdt, January, 1977, in Charleston, SC.  
Col. Schwerdt passed away December, 2000.  She is survived by her 
niece, Patricia Teufel and husband William, with whom she resided in 
Kingwood, Texas.  She is also survived by a step-daughter, Lisa 
Blackmon and Lisa's two children, Lindsey and Michael of Summerville, 
SC; niece, Deborah Dambeck and husband James of Altoona; nephew, Joseph
Stefula and wife Evelyn of Brownsville, NJ; nephew, Mickey Stefula, 
Yorktown, VA; as well as other nephews and nieces.  She will especially
be missed by her great niece and nephew, Christy and Billy Teufel, who 
considered her their third grandmother.  She was a 1940 graduate of 
Altoona High School.  Friends will be received from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 
a.m., Saturday, June 16, 2001, at the Daniel R. Myers Funeral Home.  
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, at the funeral 
home by Father Edward Eckenrod.  Entombment at Calvary Cemetery 
Mausoleum. (The Post and Courier June 12, 2001)
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