Dad's Obituary

David Swier of Hartford, SD

Published: September 03, 2008

Hartford - David Neil Swier, 57, of Hartford, died Monday, September 1, 2008, at his home.

David was born April 4, 1951 to Neil and Henrietta (Burgers) Swier of Colton, South Dakota. David married Cynthia (Stockland) on October 24, 1974 in Wakonda, South Dakota. Dave and Cindy raised five children, and the family has enjoyed many wonderful times together. Dave enjoyed taking vacations with the family and playing table games. Dave also was active in the church, helped people to become stronger in their faith, and had a heart for missions.

Dave and Cindy started DC Farm Supply, Inc. and ran the business for 34 years. Dave appreciated the challenges of working in an ever-changing agriculture community and the lasting friendships he made along the way.

After over seven years of bravely fighting cancer, Dave took his place in God´s heavenly home. His family accepts this news with hope, faith, and thankfulness, hope that Dave´s legacy will continue to impact others, faith that God knows best and Dave is now home and thankfulness that we were able to live, laugh, and create memories with the man who played such an important role in each of our lives.

He was preceded in death by his father and mother.

The family requests that memorials be sent to Focus on the Family.Funeral services will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 4, 2008, at Central Baptist Church, Sioux Falls. Visitation will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the church, with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. Burial will be in the Colton Cemetery, Colton, SD.

Till We Meet Again

Just a note to let you know that my Dad passed away yesterday afternoon.

He was at home surrounded by all of us kids and we were all able to say goodbye it was very peaceful.

We have had the most beautiful few weeks here with the family just spending time and organizing business close out operations. We spent last week shipping out over 20 semi loads of harvest equipment and tires for an auction that will be held on September 15. Dad and I were able to make most of the arrangements while he was still able to get around and communicate a week and a half ago. There were over 30 volunteers who came to help last week and sort inventory and load it. On Thursday Dad took a turn for the worse and there was standing room only in his room as we sang, cried and shared stories. It was an incredible experience and I have learned so much about my Dad in the past few weeks. Everyday has been filled with hosting the friends that have stopped by and dinners for 10-20 people. I have been working (and Paul) 14-15 hours a day for the past two weeks and we are physically and emotionally exhausted but are so glad that we are here.