Lawrence D. Swart

Lawrence Donovan Swart, age 97, went home to be with the Lord and his wife Dorothea, on 12-09-20 while resting in his home in Randall, WI. Lawrence was an exceptional husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.

Lawrence was a shining example of what all those titles should be. Lawrence and Dorothea were married for 74 years before Dorothea passed earlier this year. Lawrence was the pinnacle of what a man should be: honest, loyal, temperate, patient and loving. He was quiet yet strong, fair yet firm. He was a jack of all trades and a master of most of them. There was not much that he did not know something about. These words seem inadequate and paltry to describe Lawrence.

Lawrence was born March 13th, 1923 in Juanita, North Dakota, the son of the late Andrew and Martha Swart. He was united in marriage to Dorothea Elizabeth Kraus on November 24th 1945. Lawrence worked for the Railroad, joined the Army Air Corps (aka Airforce) and became a pilot. Lawrence was a Pilot of a B-24 bomber for the 467th Bomb Group in WWII and flew 26 combat missions over Germany. Lawrence also worked for the Kenosha County Sheriffs Dept. and retired from the Kenosha County Parks District. Lawrence was a member and Deacon at the Community Baptist Church, Silver Lake, WI.

Lawrence is survived by his son Dale A. (Josephine) Swart and Daughter Karen Davidson, his three grandchildren Dale D. (Carrieann) Swart, Amanda (Allan) Carter and SJ Azalea Swart, as well as his two great-grandchildren, Dale D. Jr and Jennifer S. Swart.

Lawrence will be laid to rest with his wife at the Southern Wisconsin Veteran’s Cemetery in Union Grove following a private family service with military honors. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Lawrence’s honor to the Gary Sinise Foundation (garysinisefoundation.org/donate) or Wisconsin Stars and Stripes Honor Flight (starsandstripeshonorflight.org/donate). The Haase-Lockwood & Associates Funeral Home and Crematory of Twin Lakes, WI is assisting Lawrence’s family.