Marjorie M. RIBLET

4 AUG 1918 - 2 MAR 2015

• BIRTH: 4 AUG 1918, Elkhart County, IN
• DEATH: 2 MAR 2015, Elkhart County, IN

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[N21041] Marjorie M. “Marge” Riblet Swift

Birth 4 Aug 1918
Elkhart, Elkhart County, IN

Death 2 Mar 2015 (aged 96)
Elkhart, Elkhart County, IN

Burial
Rice Cemetery
Elkhart, Elkhart County, IN
Plot Memories Mausoleum
Memorial ID 143308962

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ELKHART - Marjorie M. Gundlach Swift, 96, of Elkhart, passed away Monday morning, March 2, at Eastlake Terrace. Marge was born Aug. 4, 1918, in Elkhart, to the late Guy and Josephine (Drew) Riblet. She married Melvin Gundlach, who is now deceased. She married Leroy J. “Lee” Swift on Sept. 11, 1981, in Bristol. Lee passed away March 18, 2002. In addition to her parents and husbands, Melvin Gundlach and Lee Swift, Marge was preceded in death by her sons, Michael and David Gundlach, and siblings Dolores Harrison and Robert “Bob” Riblet. Surviving are her stepchildren, Donald C. (Mary) Swift of Bristol and Virginia Swift of Columbia, Ky.; stepgrandchildren Christopher N. Swift and Nathan L. (Jennifer) Swift; and great-grandchildren Fisher L. Swift and Eloise V. Swift. Marge was a 1939 graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She was a second lieutenant U.S. Army nurse in the South Pacific during World War II at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Base Unit 18 in the Fiji Islands. She worked for Dr. Fleming in Elkhart for many years and as an industrial nurse for Excel Corp., in Elkhart. She was a longtime member of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Elcona Country Club and Christiana Creek Country Club. Marge was an avid bridge player, dancer and golfer for many years.