Ardith "ARDIE" B. Arehart-Swinzow's Obituary
Ardith Barbara Arehart-Swinzow passed away peacefully with her husband Paul at her side on Friday April 26, 2024, at the Atlantic Shores Health Care Center in Millsboro, DE.
Ardith, known by her family and friends as “Ardie”, was born on May 31, 1946, in Philadelphia, PA, daughter of the late Henry J. and Ruth May Zane Richter. After the family moved to Hershey, PA, Ardith attended Hershey High School where she graduated in 1964 then attended Elizabethtown College in PA where she graduated with a BS in Education in 1969. After moving to Delaware, she was employed as a manager at a local Mobile Home Park, where she met her future husband Paul Swinzow who also was employed at the park in the mid 1990’s.
Ardie and Paul were married in the Lewes Presbyterian Church on August 14, 1999, and since they had already planned a trip in December, they delayed their honeymoon till then and spent ten days riding trains and going to the Christmas Markets in Austria and Germany.
Ardith is survived by her husband Paul; one brother Eric Richter and his wife Dora; her nephew Christopher and his wife Casey and their three children; her niece Jennifer and her husband Jason and their two children, all who live in the greater metropolitan area of Atlanta, Ga; two brothers in laws, Peter Swinzow and his daughter Georgianna and Michael and Dawn Swinzow of Virginia; and a step daughter, Stephanie Anne Swinzow of Milton DE.
Funeral services will be held on Monday May 6, 2024, at 1:30 PM at the Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, 16961 Kings Highway, Lewes, DE where a viewing will begin at 12:30 PM at the funeral home. Interment will follow the services at Henlopen Memorial Park, Milton, DE.
All unable to attend the services, are invited to join the service via livestreaming by visiting the following link: http://www.parsellfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/permalink/11369397/LTWebcast.
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