Loraine Swinehart

OUR BELOVED LORAINE WAS BORN IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS AND GRADUATED FROM ROSEDALE HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WORKED FOR NAVISTAR INTERATIONAL (AKA INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER) AS AN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND RETIRED AFTER 30 YEARS OF IMPECCABLE SERVICE. RETIREMENT WAS HER FAVORITE MILESTONE OF THE VIBRANT LIFE SHE LIVED. AFTER MARRYING JIM, THE LOVE OF HER LIFE FOR OVER 47 YEARS, THEY TRAVELLED TO MANY DESTINATIONS AND DID SO MANY FUN THINGS TOGETHER ALONG WITH MAKING TONS OF GOOD FRIENDS FROM KANSAS TO FLORIDA TO MISSOURI LEAVING A LIFE-LONG LEGACY BEHIND THAT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. LORAINE IS SHINING DOWN ON ALL OF US FROM HEAVEN AND WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. HER LOVE FOR HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS WAS FIERCE AND SHE WAS INTENSELY LOVED BY ALL THE LIVES SHE TOUCHED DURING HER JOURNEY HERE ON EARTH. HOBBIES INCLUDED TAP DANCING, CLOGGING, TRAVEL, GOLF, TENNIS, PICKLE BALL, FISHING, SWIMMING, BEACH COMBING FOR THE PERFECT SHELLS, MAH-JONG, PLAYING CARDS, CANDY CRUSH, BIRD WATCHING AND ESPECIALLY FEEDING THE HUMMINGBIRDS.

LORAINE IS SURVIVED BY HER SPOUSE, JIM SWINEHART OF CLINTON, MO, DAUGHTER, RHONDA BICKNELL OF OLATHE, KS (SON-IN-LAW, PHIL), GRANDCHILDREN, LORA BICKNELL OF GARDNER, KS AND BRANDON BICKNELL OF OLATHE, KS, BROTHER-IN-LAW, JERRY SWINEHART OF BRANSON, MO (SISTER-IN-LAW, CYNTHIA) AND MANY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS INCLUDING NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT NIECES AND GREAT NEPHEWS WHO LIVE THROUGHOUT THE U.S. THAT SHE HAS LOVED DEARLY OVER THE YEARS.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SON, WILLIAM CHANCE, PARENTS, WILLIAM AND BERTHA LEE, SISTERS, ALICE WATTS (BROTHER-IN-LAW, SID), MARGUERITE CLIBORN (BROTHER-IN-LAW, DON), MARTHA SALLEE (BROTHER-IN-LAW, BOB), NIECE, LORETTA BURDISS, MOTHER-IN-LAW, ELEANOR SWINEHART, FATHER-IN-LAW, JAY SWINEHART, SISTER-IN-LAW, LOIS (BROTHER-IN-LAW, WALLY) AND SISTER-IN-LAW, MARGIE SWINEHART AND SHE IS SINGING AND DANCING IN HEAVEN WITH ALL OF THEM. LORAINE WAS ONE OF A KIND! WE ALL LOVE AND MISS HER SO MUCH!

A CELEBRATION OF LORAINE’S BEAUTIFUL LIFE WILL BE PLANNED BY THE FAMILY AT A LATER DATE.

CHARITABLE DONATIONS CAN BE MADE ONLINE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM AT: HTTPS://KANSASHEALTHSYSTEM.COM/GIVING