Submitted by: Dan Rich

James R. Sweitzer
Oct. 20, 1927 - May 21, 2000

South Bend Tribune 5/23/2000

James R. Sweitzer, 72, of Club Drive, South Bend, Ind., died at 5 a.m. on Sunday, May 21, in his home. Jim was born on Oct. 20, 1927, to Walter A. and Elizabeth (McIntee) Sweitzer, who preceded him in death.

Jim began his career on the South Bend Police Department on Jan. 1, 1957, and retired in 1981 as captain of the Traffic Division. He served as head of Security at Century Center until May 1992.

Jim would have celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary on June 17th. He married Nancy L. Gradecki at St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church. She survives. He is also survived by two daughters, Roberta (Bob) Cunningham of Muncie, Ind., and Patricia (Ken) Smith of Veedersburg, Ind.; four grandchildren, James and Amanda Cunningham, Heather and Keith Smith; and by two brothers, Robert P. Sweitzer of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, and Walter A. Sweitzer of New Carlisle, Ind.

Jim was a charter member of St. Anthony's, was a member of the Riley High School graduate class of 1945, was a lifetime member of Elks Lodge 235, VFW Post 360, FOP Lodge 36, and was a U. S. Army veteran who served in post-war Japan for one year.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 24, in St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola, Ind.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today, May 23, in the HICKEY Funeral Home, 3516 E. Jefferson.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County, Inc., 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637, or to St. Anthony's Church.