Leonard "Len" Swift, 82, Stevens Point, a former director of the Portage County Library, died unexpectedly Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, at Aspirus Hospital in Wausau.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, with the Rev. Al Burkhardt officiating. Burial with full military honors will be in Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in King in the spring.
Visitation will be at the Shuda Funeral Chapel in Stevens Point from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday and at the church from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. Monday. A general rosary will be prayed at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral chapel.
A memorial in lieu of flowers will be established in his name for the Portage County Public Library and St. Joseph Church.
Condolences may be offered online at www.shudafuneral.com.
Mr. Swift was born Aug. 29, 1927, in Waukesha, a son of the late James and Ruth (Anthes) Swift.
He entered the United States Navy on July 23, 1945, in Milwaukee. He earned the World War II Victory Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. He was honorably discharged on Aug. 27, 1948.
He was married to Imogene R. Sanders on Oct. 7, 1950.
He graduated from St. Norbert College in De Pere in 1952.
He was active in the Army R.O.T.C. while in college and after until 1974.
He was a teacher for a number of years until he became the library director of the Portage County Public Library for 17 years until his retirement.
Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Jean Marie (Kevin Boynton) Swift, Rothschild, Mary Kaye (Donald) Ernest, Mequon, Patricia Ann (John) Schmitz, Necedah, and Carol Lynn (James) Schelke, Virginia; two sons, Michael (Leslie), West Bend, and James (Ann Marie), Milwaukee; three brothers, Thomas and John, both of Milwaukee, and William (Karin), Sussex; three sisters, Joanne Boyle, Kenosha, Kate Swift, Milwaukee, and Sandra (Charles) McLester, Texas; 12 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Phillip and Ernest; and two sisters, Rosalie and Donna.