Richard "Dick" Swisher

June 6, 1921 - April 16, 2015

Swisher, Richard Myles (Dick) June 6, 1921 – April 16, 2015. The oldest of twelve children, Dick grew up in Detroit and raised his family in Redford Township. Dearly loved by family and friends, he is survived by brothers Earle and John, and sisters Delores, Janet, and Shirley, daughters Beverly Johnson and Marie Steffes, as well as stepdaughter Janet Sockolosky, and Joyce Swisher, wife of deceased son David. He is also survived by grandchildren Debi, JoAnne, Kelly, Sara, Clay, Scott, Jennifer, Karen, Steven, and Kevin, and thirteen great-grandchildren. After serving in the U.S. Army in World War II in North Africa and as an M.P. in California, Dick married Evelyn Elaine Burns, who died in 1974. In 1976 he married Rose Jean Seibert, who died in 2009. He retired from Mobil Oil and lived in Florida, where he was head groundskeeper at the training complex for the Toronto Blue Jays. He returned to Michigan and worked for Plymouth Township, and then Canton Township Parks and Recreation. Until a few months before his death, he was the Canton Leisure Services photographer. He was a member of the Free Masons and the Methodist Church. For the past fifteen years, he was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Plymouth, where a memorial will be held in June. Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 20450 Civic Center Drive, Southfield MI 48033; or Arbor Hospice, 2366 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor MI 48103. Arrangements by Vermeulen-Sajewski Funeral Home. To share a memory, please use the view and send condolences link on this page.