Individual Details
Vincent P. "Bin" SWANGER
(25 SEP 1916 - 6 MAY 2000)
Events
| Birth | 25 SEP 1916 | Yeagertown, Derry Twp., Mifflin Co., PA | |||
| Marriage | Amelia (FIRST WIFE OF SWANGER, VINCENT P.) | ||||
| Marriage | 1989 | Tressie CLINGER | |||
| Death | 6 MAY 2000 | Lewistown Hospital Emergency Room, Lewistown, Mifflin Co., PA |  | ||
| Burial | 9 MAY 2000 | Yeagertown Lutheran Cem., Yeagertown, Derry Twp., Mifflin Co., PA |  | ||
| Religion | a member of the Holy Communion Lutheran Church - Yeagertown, Derry Twp., Mifflin Co., PA |
Families
| Spouse | Amelia (FIRST WIFE OF SWANGER, VINCENT P.) ( - 1988) |
| Child | Living |
| Spouse | Tressie CLINGER ( - ) |
| Father | William Earl SWANGER (1891 - 1973) |
| Mother | Sara Margaretta SNOOK (1891 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Herbert L. SWANGER (1915 - ) |
| Sibling | William E. SWANGER Jr. (1920 - ) |
| Sibling | Kathleen Laverne SWANGER (1925 - ) |
| Sibling | Donald J. or H. SWANGER (1926 - 2008) |
Notes
Death
YEAGERTOWN - Vincent P. "Bin" Swanger, 83, of 209 Greenwood Ave., Yeagertown, died at 8:43 a.m. Saturday, May 6, 2000, in the emergency room of Lewistown Hospital.
Born Sept. 25, 1916, in Yeagertown, he was a son of the late W. Earl and Margaretta (Snook) Swanger. His first wife, Amelia Swanger, died in 1988. His second wife, Tressie (Clinger) Swanger, whom he married in 1989, survives.
Also surviving are: a daughter, Mrs. Larry (Karen K.) Rishel, Florida; brothers and sister, Herbert L. Swanger, Florida, Willliam E. Swanger Jr., Dillsburg, Laverne Kathleen Brenneman, Mechanicsburg, and Donald J. Swanger, Camp Hill; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II.
He had worked at F.M.C.; was manager of Johnson's Hardware Store for 24 years; and worked for the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, retiring in 1980 after 4 1/2 years.
He was a lifelong member of the Holy Communion Lutheran Church, Yeagertown. He joined the Yeagertown Lions Club in 1946 and served as zone chairman, deputy district governor, secretary for two terms and president for three terms. He had 100 percent attendance and was a charter member of the Lion's Club.
He was general chairman of the Yeagertown Sesquicentennial in 1992, treasurer of the Yeagertown Civic Group in 1993 and 1994, and grand marshal of the Sesquicentennial Parade and received the Melvin Jones Fellow Award.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Holy Communion Lutheran Church, Main Street, Yeagertown, with the Rev. Phillip Tundel officiating. Interment will be in Holy Lutheran Cemetery.
Friends may call from 7-9 p.m. today at the Barr Funeral Home, 120 Logan St., Lewistown.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: the Holy Communion Lutheran Church, Main Street, Yeagertown, PA 17099.
Endnotes
1. Obituary, Lewistown Sentinel, Lewistown, Mifflin Co., PA, Vincent P. Swanger obituary.