Lucile (Hirschy) Schwendy

Oldest Graduate of Lowville Academy passes away at 104.

 
Lucile Schwendy of Lowville, NY passed away peacefully surrounded by her sons and daughter on May 1, 2016. She had resided at the Residential Health Care Facility at Lewis County General Hospital.
 
Mrs. Schwendy was born in 1911 to Julia and William Hirschy on their family farm on the Ridge Road in Castorland. As a child, she attended the local one-room schoolhouse. Later, she was driven in her father's milk wagon to take the train to Lowville Academy. After graduation in 1929, she attended the Watertown School of Commerce.  Mrs. Schwendy worked at the Carthage National Savings Bank and Climax in Castorland. In 1935 she married Royal Schwendy. Their early marriage was spent in Castorland and then in Naumburg, where Mrs. Schwendy was a wife, mother and homemaker. Her four children include Bruce (Donna), Rochester; Joan Takacs, deceased; Sandra Asmussen, Portland, ME; and John (Marianne Green), Lowville. 
 
The Schwendys moved to Beaver Falls in 1959, where Mr. Schwendy managed the Community Hall. They actively participated in the Beaver Falls United Methodist Church, and Mrs. Schwendy was active in the United Methodist Women. In 1999 the couple moved to Brookside Senior Living Community in Lowville. Royal, her husband of 71 years, passed away in 2006 at the age of 95.  Mrs. Schwendy had 14 grandchildren 19 great-grandchildren and 7 great-great-grandchildren. Her love of music, nature, down-home cooking, knitting, sewing and The Bible have been passed to these generations. She has led by example with her patience, kindness, and gentleness of soul.  Funeral arrangements are as follows.
 
Calling hours are from 4 – 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc., Lowville. Funeral services will be held at the Beaver Falls United Methodist Church at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 5, 2016 with interment afterwards in the Riverside Cemetery Annex (Lower cemetery) in Beaver Falls. Those wishing to make donations in her memory may do so to the Beaver Falls United Methodist Church, 6508 Lefevre St., Beaver Falls NY 13305.

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